Harry Dunn, 19, died in the accident while riding his motorbike, according to a statement from his(CNN) - The diplomatic immunity of the wife of an American diplomat who is the suspect in a fatal traffic collision that killed a British teenager "is no longer pertinent," the UK Foreign Secretary said Sunday.
"The US have now informed us that they too consider that immunity is no longer pertinent," UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a letter written to Dunn's family.
The Foreign Secretary continued that "the UK government's position is that immunity, and therefore any question of waiver, is no longer relevant in Mrs. Sacoolas' case, because she has returned home," he wrote.
This could provide an opportunity for UK authorities to commence legal action with a view to extraditing Sacoolas back to the UK to face prosecution.
"The Foreign Secretary has been working with his American counterparts and has been in touch with the US administration on this.