Witnesses speak out over ‘heartbreaking’ death of Sheffield teenager in hit-and-run

Witnesses have spoken out over the “heartbreaking” death of a Sheffield teenager involved in a fatal collision on Wednesday evening (4th June).

Shortly after 4:50pm, police were called to Staniforth Road in Darnall involving amid a collision between a grey Audi, a pedestrian, and the rider of an electric bike.

The pedestrian, 16-year-old Abdullah Yaha Al-Zaidy, was fatally injured and later died in hospital.

The 18-year-old riding the electric bike suffered serious injuries, although they are not thought to be life-threatening.

Police at the scene via SWNS

One witness, Lauren, 31, gave CPR to the teenager at the scene and returned to lay flowers in tribute to him yesterday.

“It’s just heartbreaking to see a young life lost like this,” she said. “I just feel sorry for the family, they need to grieve and take in in.It was a young beautiful boy that got taken too soon. There are just no words.”

Another witness, former Sheffield City Councillor Mazher Iqbal, 52, also assisted with CPR after hearing Lauren’s shouts for help.

He said he was “just getting off the bus” when he saw the car “go towards the cyclist”.

According to South Yorkshire Police, it is understood that the car drove towards three electric bikes, colliding with one of them and subsequently a pedestrian as it continued travelling. The driver did not stop at the scene.

Mr Iqbal added: “It just happened in seconds. It was quite chilling – I’d never seen anything like it.”

Yesterday, a 20-year-old man was arrested in Kent on suspicion of murder as part of the continuing investigation.

A 45-year-old woman and two men, aged 46 and 26, have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

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The scene of the incident via SWNS

South Yorkshire Police Detective Chief Inspector Benjamin Wood, Senior Investigating Officer in the case, said: “This is a tragic incident in which an entirely innocent bystander, who was going about his daily business, has sadly lost his life and a murder investigation has now been launched.

“Our thoughts are with the boy’s loved ones, and we remain focused on securing justice for them. 

“We know that this incident will have caused distress in the local community, and we have a team of detectives working at pace to piece together the circumstances which unfolded.

“We’re aware of footage being shared online and I’d like to reiterate our message to the public to withhold from speculating or circulating videos which may cause further distress to the boy’s family.

 “If you have any footage, imagery or information that may help our investigation then please share this directly with us – it may form an important part of our enquiries. We are also keen to hear from the riders of two electric bikes who were in the area at the time of the incident.”

Featured image from SWNS