Hit And Run Victim Identified

Serupepeli Butusomo won’t be able to defend himself, but God is watching, and I know justice will be delivered.

Masilina Ratawa made this statement through tears as she mourned her cousin, Mr Butusomo, who allegedly lost his life in a hit-and-run incident at Qelewaqa, Labasa, around 5am Sunday morning.

“My mother raised him while they lived at Vatudova Village in Labasa,” Ms Ratawa said.

“He never married nor had children because he loved farming and enjoyed staying with us.”

She said when the police visited her and asked her to accompany them to the Labasa Hospital morgue to identify the body, she sensed her cousin was no longer alive.

“I was able to identify him by the clothes he was wearing; he had visible injuries,” she said.

“I remember when he left the house on Saturday evening, saying he was going to have kava with his friends at Wailevu Village.”

She said Mr Butusomo was originally from Mali Island, Macuata. After leaving home on Saturday, he had promised to return the next morning (Sunday).

Police confirmed yesterday that searches for the driver are ongoing as the investigation continues.

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