Family pays tribute after schoolgirl, 16, killed in north London crash named

Melissa Premaratne died after being hit by a car on her way to school in Highgate, London (Picture: Family handout)

A schoolgirl who died in a fatal crash in north London has been named as her devastated family described her as the ‘light of our lives.’

Melissa Premaratne, 16, was hit by a car in Highgate on Tuesday. 

The schoolgirl was pronounced dead at the scene and a male driver was arrested on suspicion of careless driving. 

A police statement said: ‘An investigation has been launched after police were called at 08:13hrs on Thursday, 24 September following a collision involving a pedestrian and a car in North Road, Highgate.

‘Officers a...