Woman jumps red light and kills boy in Abu Dhabi

A woman driving her car at high speed jumped the red lights and killed a 16-year-old Asian boy just as he was crossing the road in Abu Dhabi.

The accident took place on the busy Murur road in the capital on Wednesday and preliminary police investigation found the woman made a fatal mistake and jumped the red lights at a high speed.

“The boy died on the spot after he was run over when he was in the pedestrian crossing…the woman suffered from light injuries,” Major Abdullah Al Suwaidi, director of the accidents division at Abu Dhabi traffic police, said without identifying the driver.