US EditionRemorseless Hit-and-Run Killer Sang 'It Wasn't Me' as Baby Fought for Life in Hospital - Liverpool Echo
Ashir Shahid admitted dangerous driving causing the death of premature baby Olive and serious injury to her mother after fleeing the scene at speeds up to 71mph, police said.
- On Friday , Ashir Shahid, 20, will be sentenced at Preston Crown Court after admitting causing baby Olive's death by dangerous driving and injuring Ranju Joseph.
- On September 29, 2024, Shahid drove his Toyota Prius at up to 71 mph on Station Road before fleeing after striking Ranju Joseph on a zebra crossing.
- A Snapchat video showed Shahid singing `It wasn't me` as he left Frankie's Chicken Shop, and 11 minutes after the crash, his phone searched for 'charge for hit and run human'.
- Olive’s life lasted only five hours and 38 minutes, while Mrs Joseph suffered severe injuries, spent weeks in intensive care, and had to relearn walking.
- Sentencing included a 15-year, one-month driving ban, and Judge Ian Unsworth KC called Shahid's acceleration 'appalling' and likened it to a Formula 1 race track.
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Hit and run driver who killed unborn baby in collision as mother walked to work jailed
Ranju Joseph was hit by reckless driver Ashir Shahid while crossing the road in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, and her unborn son Olive died just hours later following an emergency C-section
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