15-Year-Old Dies in Suspected Hit-and-Run in Auburn

A 15-year-old boy died after being struck by a vehicle in a suspected hit-and-run incident in Auburn, according to the King County Medical Examiner's Office. The victim has been identified as Abdimalik Saeed Abdullahi.

The incident occurred on May 14 at the intersection of South 320th Street and Military Road South in unincorporated King County, near the Federal Way city limits. Abdullahi was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he fought for his life for a week.

Due to the severity of his injuries, he was declared brain dead, and life support was removed on May 20. The medical examiner determined the cause of death to be complications of multiple blunt force injuries, and the manner of death was ruled an accident.

The King County Sheriff's Office Major Accident Response and Reconstruction Unit is investigating the incident as a vehicle versus pedestrian hit-and-run. A fundraiser organized by Cultural Community Connections for Abdullahi's family states that his mother is currently in Somalia, his siblings are in Egypt, and his father, who was at the hospital with him until his death, has been unable to work for over a week.

The fundraiser aims to help the family with financial burdens during this difficult time.