Exclusive:Killer driver jailed over death of friend in horror crash at Bramall Lane roundabout in Sheffield
“It wasn’t just one life lost, his death has shattered so many others”
A dangerous driver killed one friend and seriously injured another as he travelled at around 20 miles per hour above the speed limit on the approach to a Sheffield roundabout.
Hamza Hussain, of Harney Close, Darnall, Sheffield, was sent to begin a prison sentence of five years, four months a few moments ago, for causing the death of teenager Mohammed Waheed, who was a passenger in the vehicle.
Hussain, during this morning’s Sheffield Crown Court hearing, was also sentenced for causing serious injury to a second passenger, a boy who was just 15-years-old when the crash occurred.
Using a friend’s “sporty and powerful” VW Golf F vehicle, Hussain, then aged 21, was travelling at around 61mph on the approach to Bramall Lane roundabout, of St Mary’s Gate, which is subject to a 40mph limit.
Crash investigators subsequently determined there to be a four-mile margin of error either way, putting the speed range at between 57mph and 65mph.
Hussain, now 23-years-old, lost control of the vehicle as he attempted to over steer, crashing into street furniture shortly before 2am on June 17, 2024, the hearing heard.
He fled the scene in the immediate aftermath of the crash, leaving Mohammed and the second passenger seriously injured in the vehicle.
The sentencing hearing heard Hussain returned to the vehicle but failed to call the emergency services.
Hussain returned to the scene once more, in the company of his sister, by which time police were on the scene. He also failed to tell police he had been the driver.
Both of the injured teens were later rushed to hospital, but Mohammed could not be saved and died two days later - on June 19, 2024 - aged just 18-years-old.
Hussain pleaded guilty to charges of causing death by dangerous driving; causing serious injury by dangerous driving and causing death by driving a vehicle - driver unlicensed / uninsured at an earlier hearing.
In a statement read to the court, Mohammed’s heartbroken family said: “It wasn’t just one life lost, his death has shattered so many others.”
“He was our heart, he was our pride, he always will be.”
Judge Reeds also issued Hussain with a five-year driving ban upon his release from prison.
Full court report to follow...