- Vanessa Chango-Alvarez tragically killed at bus stop in Streatham, London
- Brother Kevin, 19, says driver of Audi has 'ruined family's lives'
- Police investigating theory driver may have been racing another car beforehand
- Audi was also at scene of another crash minutes earlier in Croydon
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Everything to live for: Vanessa Chango-Alvarez, 31, was mowed down by a car as she waited for a bus in Streatham, London
The heartbroken brother of a woman killed by a hit-and-run driver as she waited for a bus has appealed for the motorist to give himself up.
Vanessa Chango-Alvarez, 31, died on the pavement at a bus stop outside her mother's home in Norbury, South London, after being mowed down by an Audi car early on Saturday morning.
Police are trying to trace the driver of the Audi after he ran off following the 5.30am crash, which left another pedestrian fighting for his life.
Just 10 minutes earlier, the same Audi had driven off from the scene of another incident in which a Volswagen ploughed into a tree in Croydon, South London, leaving its driver critically hurt.
Detectives are investigating whether the driver of the Audi was racing the driver of the Volkswagen before it crashed.
Ms Chango-Alvarez, a hotel receptionist, had stayed at her mother's home after a family gathering to celebrate the birth of her nephew, Israel, on Tuesday.
Her devastated brother Kevin Chango-Alvarez, 19, said: 'We are all in shock. We are completely heartbroken.
'I still can't accept my sister has gone. I feel so much anger and hatred towards the driver of that car.
'He didn't even have the decency to stop. He just ran away and left my sister dying on the pavement.
'I was asleep inside and I remember hearing a big bang and thought there had been an explosion.
'But when I looked out I saw the crash. I went outside and it was my sister, my beautiful sister - she had been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
'She had got up early to go to work. It was her last day at work before Christmas.
'She was unconscious when I got to her. There was nothing I could do. I was with her when she died, she wasn't alone.
'I just hope the driver is caught so justice can be served. He has taken away my sister and ruined our lives."
Scene: Ms Chango-Alvarez was struck by a car in Streatham High Road, south London
Ms Chango-Alvarez, who was born in Ecuador, South America, came to England when she was 17 and after a two-year English course found work at St Giles Hotel, in central London.
Her brother said: 'She had worked there for 13 years. She started at the bottom and kept getting promoted because she was such a hard worker.
'My sister was such a kind person. She never had any problems with anybody and we all loved her so much.
'She was the oldest sibling and we all looked up to her as a role model. She was always there for us.
'She wanted to travel the world, but now she won't get the chance.
'We were all so excited about spending Christmas together, but there won't be a Christmas anymore.'
Ms Chango-Alvarez. who lived in Tulse Hill, South London with one of her sisters Adriana, 30, had another sister Elizabeth, 25, who had just given birth to her first son, Israel.
Her mother, Fanny Alvarez, 55, who is divorced from her father, Raul Chango, said: 'I still can't believe my daughter is dead, my beautiful and kind daughter.'
The crash which killed Vanessa followed an earlier incident in which the Volkswagen car is believed to have smashed into a tree in Croydon, leaving the driver in his 20s critically injured.
An Audi pulled up at the scene and officers are investigating the possibility the two cars may have been racing.
Probe: The Audi which hit the victim in Streatham had minutes earlier been at the scene when a VW hit a tree in nearby Ederline Avenue, Croydon. Police believe the two cars may have been racing
Plain-clothed police officers who had been on duty nearby went to the crash scene but when police arrived, the driver of the Audi made off in his car.
Then as the Audi drove along Streatham High Road in Norbury, it careered on a bend in the road into the bus stop and a red-bricked garden wall killing Vanessa.
A man aged in his 50s was also left critically injured.
A man who lives close to the bus stop said: 'I was sleeping when I heard a really loud bang. At first I thought it was something in a dream but then a few moments later I heard loud screaming and crying.
'I rushed to the window and outside it was just chaos.'
A Scotland Yard spokesman said : 'Police are continuing to investigate two collisions in south London which have left one woman dead and two men injured.'
* Anyone with information should call police on 0208 285 1574. To remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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