Fears have been confirmed in Thessaloniki, after the hit-and-run accident in Kamara. The 21-year-old student, who was hit and then run over by the unconscious 26-year-old, succumbed to her injuries.
The mother of the slain student speaks out about the family's decision to donate the girl's organs and is heartbreaking.
Her daughter lost the big battle and this morning she breathed her last in a hospital in Thessaloniki. She succumbed to the injuries caused by a hit-and-run accident in Kamara in the early hours of last Tuesday.
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The girl was happily intubated, after the surgeries she underwent at the Papageorgiou hospital, with the doctors having advised from the very first moment that there was little hope.
21-year-old's mother breaks hearts
"Emmanuela was a miracle child from the moment she was born and when she left she wanted to make another miracle, to give life... the one that was taken away from her" were the few words the 21-year-old's mother managed to say to local website ThessToday.gr.
The funeral is expected to take place in Chania, where relatives and friends will say goodbye to the young student, who left life unjustly and prematurely.
The 26-year-old man and his 19-year-old co-passenger
On Monday night, shortly after 1 a.m., the 26-year-old driver lured and seriously injured the young student at the height of Kamara on the Egnatia road.
Seconds later he reversed and hit her a second time and then left the scene. Hours later he got rid of the number plates before the Asvestochori junction.
After the 48-hour autopilot period expired, he appeared before the Greek police on Thursday.
At the same time, the traffic police had already proceeded with the arrest of the 19-year-old woman the previous day. As it became known, the driver of Albanian origin is accused -according to the criminal prosecution brought by the prosecutor- of dangerous driving that resulted in serious bodily injury, as well as of abandoning a traffic accident and driving without the relevant license.
A charge which is expected to be amended, following the death of the young student.
It should be noted that the family's lawyer had described as "provocative" the statements of the driver, who claimed that "if the girl had crossed the crossing, the incident would not have happened".
"I abandoned her because there were people to help her."
Just 24 hours ago, in his first statements, the 26-year-old driver had gone into incredible excuses to justify his unthinkable attitude of abandoning the injured student and driving away.
Speaking to MEGA, he had stated that he had abandoned her because... he saw that there were people and they would help her, but also because he was very scared.
"I see there are people there, I say someone will go to help her and I because I had a past here I was scared, I say they will deport me," he had told Live News."
Speaking to MEGA, he claimed that the 21-year-old student was suddenly thrown into the road, while denying that she was reversing and stepped on again in an attempt to escape."
"I was not running, but I lost control of the car. I didn't turn around, I put the car in reverse and drove off because I was scared," he said, while quoted as saying: "It wasn't a U-turn, I hit the brakes, the car goes back and then I put the car in gear, go forward, no U-turn there," he added."
Source: megatv/in.gr
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