Mother of Three Dies in Tragic Hit-and-Run Accident; Suspected Woman Arrested

Hit and Run Keita Mullen South Yorkshire Police Automobile Association of America Nissan Juke

By Camille Hutchison , Parent Herald Jul 30, 08:03 pm

A mom left behind her three children, ages ten, five, and four months old, after she got killed in a hit-and-run accident while crossing the road. Tributes flooded in for the 30-year-old victim named Keita Mullen.

Mullen was crossing the road in A638 High Street in Bawtry, Doncaster, together with a 33-year-old woman who suffered minor injuries. They were hit by a car that failed to stop, and Mullen died at the scene due to severe injuries.

The second victim was immediately taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

The South Yorkshire Police were immediately called to the scene just after midnight on Sunday, and they believed that a Nissan Juke, traveling along High Street to the Great North Road, was the vehicle involved.

The vehicle didn't bother to stop and just fled the scene, per Yorkshire Live.

A mother and another woman knocked down in Doncaster

South Yorkshire Police have arrested a 49-year-old woman on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. According to the reports, she was released but is still under investigation.

Her family is now being supported by specialist officers who deal with the most urgent policing activities requiring immediate action and have requested their privacy be respected.

Hundreds of tributes have poured in for Mullen, whose death was a sad and tragic loss. The community extended their condolences to the family and children.

The Police Department is appealing for information following the crash. Its roads policing team continues to appeal for any dash cam footage that could help with the investigation. Anyone with information can call police on 101 quoting incident number 14 of 25 July 2022, per Mirror News.

A hit-and-run accident

Hit and runs include any accident where a vehicle hits a person, object, or another vehicle, and the driver knowingly leaves the scene without providing their information.

There is more than one hit-and-run accident every minute in the U.S. In 2016, there were 2,049 known hit-and-run fatalities in America. On average, there are 682,000 hit-and-run accidents each year. New Mexico, Louisiana, and Florida have the highest hit-and-run fatality rates per capita. Hits and runs caused approximately 20 percent of pedestrian deaths in the last ten years.

According to Dr. David Yang, Executive Director of the (AAA) Automobile Association of America, hit-and-run crashes in the United States are trending in the wrong direction as deaths have soared by 7.2 percent since 2009. He added that while cars are getting safer, this particular safety concern has worsened.

According to Allstate reports, in 2010, some states considered an accident a hit-and-run, even if the accident did not occur on a road or highway, with 69 percent of hit-and-run claims involving parked cars. This number has undoubtedly gone up since then, per I Drive Safely, given the increase in accidents.