DEVASTATING Footage of high speed crash has been released to warn of the dangers of speeding. We have released dramatic CCTV footage of a high speed crash, in which a woman lost her life, to show the consequences of speeding. Saqib Hussain was sentenced to six years in prison yesterday for causing Noreen Ryans death after the Audi R8 Spyder he was driving at 76mph crashed into the car Ms Ryan was travelling in, while in a thirty zone. The 25-year-old was speeding along Shaftmoor Lane in Acocks Green at around 11.30pm on 26 August when he ploughed into the Ford Fiesta, in which Ms Ryan was the front seat passenger, as it pulled out of Reddings Lane. Sadly, the impact on the Fiesta was so great that Ms Ryan received multiple injuries and despite the best efforts of the emergency services, she was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. Ms Ryans sister Mary was the driver of the Fiesta and was trapped in her seat, suffering from serious injuries to her back and pelvis. When officers arrived at the scene, the Audi was still there but nobody was with it. Witnesses recalled seeing two men leave the car and get inside a Mercedes, which arrived shortly after the crash, before driving off. Clearly this was a serious collision and officers were also concerned about the welfare of the occupants of the Audi, so local hospitals were made aware of what had happened. Less than half an hour after the crash, we got a call from Solihull Hospital. Hussain had gone there to drop off his passenger in the Audi, who had suffered a nasty facial injury in the collision. We immediately went to the hospital however, Hussain had already left and his friend maintained he had received his injuries in an assault. At around 3am the next day, Hussain finally handed himself in at Stechford Police Station and was subsequently arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He was later charged with the offence and also two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, causing death by driving a vehicle while uninsured and failing to stop at the scene of a collision. Hussain of Alexander Road, Acocks Green, pleaded guilty to all the offences and was handed a six year prison sentence at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday. Anyone who is tempted to put their foot down consider the consequences before doing so. Could you live with yourself if you killed someone and would your loved ones cope if you were sent to prison? It simply isnt worth the risk. To find out more about the work of our Collision Investigation Unit and how traffic officers aim to keep people safe on our roads, read our WMP Traffic blog trafficwmp.wordpress/ Watch the video here: youtu.be/T5VMYwVWUas
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:36:25 +0000