U.S Police Launch Search For Car That Killed Nigerian Student

A 24-year-old aspiring Nigerian nurse has been killed by a hit-and-run vehicle in Baltimore, U.S.

According to reports, Mariam Idowu Adeleke, who recently celebrated her graduation from Baltimore City Community College, was knocked down while trying to cross Security Boulevard around 10pm on Wednesday.

That car, described only as a dark colored sedan, kept going, as the impact knocked the young woman into the path of a second car, which ran over her body sealing her fate.

The hit-and-run vehicle, described as a dark-colored sedan, is now the focus of an ongoing search. Police are asking anyone who might have seen anything that night or who have information about that vehicle to contact them, while the family is making a plea of its own to the person who was behind the wheel.