A 76-year-old woman has been killed by a learner driver at Tamale, the Northern Regional capital.

The learner driver, Zainab Shaibu, believed to be the mother of Alhassan Suhuyini, parliamentary candidate of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tamale South Constituency of the Northern Region, was said to be driving a BMW salon car registered GR 8711-15, with an ‘L’ (learner) plate.