Crime

Hit-and-Run Driver Jailed After Fleeing to Latvia

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Driver Aleksanders Dolars killed schoolboy Keaton Slater in Coventry.

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The vehicle was travelling at roughly 75mph during the fatal collision.

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The perpetrator fled the UK for Latvia immediately after the incident.

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An international effort secured the suspect's return to face sentencing.

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