A 17-year-old student is in police custody after he allegedly caused the death of a 74-year-old man in an accident along Vishnu Deo Road in Nakasi yesterday afternoon.
The Director Traffic Senior Superintendent of Police Mitieli Divuana says it is alleged that the student, while driving at a high speed, went onto the wrong side of the road and hit the victim.
He says the suspect had allegedly failed to stop and later surrendered himself at the Nakasi Police Station.
SSP Divuana says a post-mortem exam will be conducted to ascertain the cause of death as investigations continue.
