Quote vastman="vastman"What I don't know is if there is a huge difference in the eyes of the law between killing someone through dangerous driving and hit and run. For me there should be at least double the penalty for the latter if there are no mitigating circumstances, but knowing the stupid way the law works there probably isn't.'"
AFAIK, failure to stop at the scene of an accident, or whatever it's called, is a separate offence, and is judged accordingly. Not that this will be of any comfort to the relatives of that young lad.
I can understand the panic that might cause a person to take flight (just), but I also fail to see how, once the panic subsides and the realisation of what has happened sinks in, any decent person wouldn't come forward. Maybe it takes longer to work through these kind of things, I don't know. Accidents are caused by decent people as well.
I hope for the sake of this young lad's relatives and friends that whoever was responsible comes forward soon, and if he doesn't, that he's caught.
Desperately sad news.
