Woman arrested for hit-and-run incident

AMMAN — Police on Thursday announced the arrest of a woman who allegedly killed a 75-year-old man in Irbid in a hit-and-run incident earlier in the week.

A witness came forward on Wednesday and testified “to seeing the suspect hitting the victim with her car then fleeing the scene”, a senior official source said.

“The suspect was arrested and she confessed to the incident,” the source told The Jordan Times.

Investigators collected evidence from the accident area and “the crime lab matched it to the suspect’s vehicle”, according to the source.

The victim was found by bystanders on Monday lying on the side road in Alia Suburb in Irbid. They covered him with a blanket and notified the authorities.

The victim had been reported missing by his family since Monday after he failed to return home from evening prayers.

Pathologist Ali Shotar, from the Irbid National Institute of Forensic Medicine, performed an autopsy on the victim on Tuesday and concluded that he died in a traffic accident.

The driver is currently in police custody pending further investigations into the incident, a second source said.

“The suspect will be referred to the criminal prosecutor for questioning and indictment," the second source told The Jordan Times.