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Crime and courts / Adelaide, SA

Driver avoids jail for hit-and-run that killed woman kneeling on Adelaide road

ABC News
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CourtsTraffic Offences

A man has been given a suspended sentence over a road crash that killed 20-year-old international student Samia Malik.

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Ashton Friend was behind the wheel of a fatal hit-and-run at Hillcrest in 2025.
Ashton Friend was behind the wheel of a fatal hit-and-run at Hillcrest in 2025.

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