Shelagh Fogarty 1pm - 4pm
WATCH: CCTV captures moment moped drivers flee after woman, 58, killed in Hammersmith hit-and-run
11 April 2024, 15:59 | Updated: 11 April 2024, 17:53
Met Police release footage of people sought after fatal moped collision in Hammersmith
Footage has captured the moment two moped drivers fled on foot after a 58-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run in Hammersmith.
Listen to this article
Loading audio...
Ina Rodrigues was hit on Talgarth Road, at the junction with Gliddon Road, shortly after 6pm on January 16. She died in hospital five days later.
The Met Police have launched an appeal to hunt down the driver and their pillion passenger.
The force said the moped did not stop at the scene and it was abandoned a short while later before the rider and passenger fled the scene on foot.
CCTV captured the pair abandoning the moped later that evening and hiding it under a cover before fleeing the scene on foot.
No arrests have been made and police enquiries continue.
Read more: Woman stabbed to death in house near Hyde Park named, with police still hunting for killer
Detective Constable Matt Jackson said: “Our investigation has managed to track the moped to where it was abandoned but we now need the public’s help to try and identify the two people who were on it at the time of the collision.
“Ina’s family has been devastated as a result of this collision and we need to provide them with answers as to what happened to their loved one. If you can help, please get in contact immediately.”