A 12-YEAR-OLD schoolboy was hit and killed by a speeding BMW who was ‘irritated by slow moving traffic.’
Azaan Khan was killed by the speeding driver in Coventry Road, Yardley on June 8 last year.
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The driver has been jailed for more than eight years after striking the youngster with his red BMW.
Other drivers heard ‘aggressive roaring’ coming from the driver, Shazad Alam, 34, who was going 62mph at the point of impact – 22 mph above the speed limit.
Alam was weaving in and out of traffic and used the bus lane to undertake other drivers before hitting the schoolboy.
He admitted to causing death by dangerous driving and Birmingham Crown Court was told he had been banned form driving twice before.
The Lowesmoor Road, Sheldon, resident was sentenced to eight years and nine months, and which he will serve two thirds in custody.
He was also banned from driving for seven year from the point he is released.
Judge Kristina Montgomery KC concluded that the collision occurred after Alam became ‘irrigated’ by slow-moving traffic.
A witness heard ‘aggressive revving and accelerating’ while another driver observed Alam cutting across him just before the crash.
Motorists claimed the speeder had ‘floored it’ and Azaan was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 12-year-olds mum, Zoe Homer, ran to the scene while 35-weeks pregnant at the time and told the court he was ‘completely and utterly broken.’
She said: “I didn’t just lose Azaan I lost the future I thought we had together. I lost all of myself.”
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