Driver flees to Lanka after knocking down Aussie granny

The family of a Melbourne grandmother killed by a speeding driver from Sri Lanka has called for justice after discovering the offender fled Australia scot-free.

Pensioner Concertta Mammino, 66, died after she was struck by a car that allegedly had ignored the red light, metres from her Malvern East home. The driver had allegedly been talking on his mobile.

The driver, a foreign student, was interviewed by police in relation to at least seven charges including failing to drive without a qualified driver, failure to display L-plates, disobeying a red light and driving in a dangerous manner. But he was not charged and fled the country the day after Mammino's funeral. Victoria Police has confirmed the man, believed to be a Sri Lankan aged in his 20s, left Melbourne bound for Sri Lanka in January.

Despite contacting Interpol, police have had no contact with him.

Joe Mammino wants to know why his mother's death has gone unpunished. Courtesy: Sunday Herald Sun