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| Woman dies in 'deliberate' crash | Woman dies in 'deliberate' crash |
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| A murder inquiry has been launched after an Irvine woman was deliberately hit by a car in Paisley on Monday. | |
| Margaret Boris was walking along King Street with her 20-year-old son at about 1100 BST when she was hit by a Volkswagen Polo, which was driven off. | |
| The 39-year-old mother-of-three was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital, where she died a short time later. | |
| Strathclyde Police said it was studying CCTV footage to trace the culprit, and appealed for witnesses to come forward. | Strathclyde Police said it was studying CCTV footage to trace the culprit, and appealed for witnesses to come forward. |
| Det Insp Allan Woods said: "Inquiries are ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the death and officers are continuing to study CCTV footage to trace the person responsible. | Det Insp Allan Woods said: "Inquiries are ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the death and officers are continuing to study CCTV footage to trace the person responsible. |
| "I am extremely encouraged by the response from members of the public so far. | |
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| DCI John Weir describes how the attack happened | DCI John Weir describes how the attack happened |
| "But we would still like to hear from anyone who may have been walking, driving or travelling within a bus or car at the scene who may have witnessed the incident or may have seen the car driving away." | "But we would still like to hear from anyone who may have been walking, driving or travelling within a bus or car at the scene who may have witnessed the incident or may have seen the car driving away." |
| DCI John Weir told BBC Scotland that the hit and run was being treated as a deliberate act because of the statements given to police. | |
| "Witnesses at the scene have told us that the direction and force that the vehicle drove over the woman, in their view, was a deliberate act," he said. | |
| "The driver could have stopped at the time to check if the woman was alright but the driver didn't - having knocked her down once, the driver ran over her again and didn't stop. | |
| "The motive for this incident is unknown." | |
| He said the victim was originally from the Paisley area but had moved to Ayrshire with her 20-year-old son and two younger children. |