Girl, 17, killed in hit-and-run while celebrating World Cup win

Nikoline had been on a night out with friends before going missing (Picture: Spanish Police)

A Norwegian teenager reported missing after a night out was killed in a lorry hit-and-run in Spain’s Costa del Sol.

The mum of 17-year-old Nikoline went to the police after launching an appeal to find her daughter on social media,saying she had vanished from the Puerto Banus nightclub Funky Buddha at around 4am on Monday morning.

Today it emerged she died just before 5.30am the same day after being hit on the A7 motorway near Cala de Mijas,around 30 minutes from Marbella.

A witness who called the emergency services said a woman had been hit by a lorry whose driver fled the scene.

The missing teenager wasn’t carrying any ID,but police confirmed it was her after further inquiries following her family’s decision to report her disappearance.

Nikoline celebrated Norway’s World Cup win over Brazil at the Funky Buddha nightclub before vanishing (Picture: Google Maps)

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Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens.Detectives are now looking for the driver of the vehicle,with no reports of any arrests yet.News of the incident had already emerged yesterday morning,but it was not until later in the day that Nikoline’s identity was confirmed.British holidaymakers and expats were asked to look out for the Norwegian teenager in an appeal Nikoline’s mum first published around midday yesterday,hours after Norway beat Brazil 2-1 to reach the World Cup finals for the first time.The teenager,who lived in Norway with her biological father,had been staying with family in the Fuengirola area since June 19 and was due to return home the day she disappeared to attend a close friend’s birthday party.Her mum told police she went out with friends to a bar in Calahonda,between Marbella and Fuengirola,before heading to Marbella’s old town and then getting a taxi with a group of other Norwegians to the Funky Buddha club.She is understood to have vanished while a female friend went to the toilet between 3am and 4am yesterday.Her mobile phone connection revealed Nikoline was on the busy road Julio Iglesias Avenue,which runs behind the Puerto Banus marina,at around 3.30am. It stopped transmitting after that.Her family’s last contact with Nikoline is believed to have been around 1.30am local time yesterday morning.Before contacting the police in Fuengirola,Nikoline’s mum and her stepdad combed the port area for her without success.Her mum told Spanish media yesterday afternoon: ‘Every time she stays out late,she tends to maintain contact with us.’Her mum’s missing person appeal with a picture of Nikoline has now been removed from social media.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at .For more stories like this,check our news page.