British woman is killed by car after holiday night out in Ibiza

A BRITISH woman has died after being hit by a car in Ibiza early today.

The victim, thought to be in her late twenties, was killed near a roundabout on the road linking the east coast resort of Santa Eularia and the hippy village of San Carlos.

She is understood to have been walking towards San Carlos when she was hit as she strayed into the road.

Local reports said emergency services found her naked, although it was suggested she may have lost clothes because of the impact of the collision.

The driver, a Spanish woman thought to be around 30, failed a roadside drugs test. She tested positive for cocaine and was taken to Can Misses hospital for a second more sensitive blood test.

Local reports said the Spaniard had been on her way to work when she knocked down the unnamed woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene, at about 6.20am. Investigators are trying to establish what the British woman was doing on the road at that time, although initial speculation pointed to her returning to her home or holiday accommodation after a night out.

Last Tuesday, a British holidaymaker was knocked down and killed on the neighbouring island of Majorca as she jogged with a friend. She was named as Hillary Jennings, 62, from Bradley Stoke in south Gloucestershire. The tragedy happened on the Ma-2220 road between Alcudia and Puerto Pollensa in the north-east of the island.

On August 21, expat Scot Robert Sneddon, 61, was killed by a hit-and-run driver near Guardamar del Segura on the Costa Blanca. Police are still hunting the killer, who abandoned a Briti s h - p l a t e d L a n d Rove r Di s c ove r y registered to a UK firm at the scene.

Mr Sneddon’s family have launched a GoFundMe appeal to raise money for his funeral expenses and costs.