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Shocking images show two cars at 100 mph on a highway moments before a three-year-old boy was killed.
Israr Muhammed, 41, lost control of his Honda Civic when he and another driver, Adam Malloy, drove “like idiots” in the outside lane of the M62 in East Yorkshire in July 2018.
Muhammed’s son Say Han Ali suffered fatal head injuries after the car crossed all three lanes of the highway and collided with a tree on an embankment.
Say’s 7-year-old sister suffered severe life-changing facial injuries and her mother suffered multiple head and internal injuries and was in a coma for more than a month.
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Malloy fled the scene, but was later arrested along with Muhammed, HullLive reports.
The accident closed the highway for seven hours.
Muhammed was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving, two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and causing death without insurance after a trial at Hull Crown Court in October.
Malloy was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
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Both were jailed for four and a half years.
Dashcam footage, released by Humberside Police, shows Malloy and Muhammed running on the M62.
The Honda Civic can be seen in the video driving down the outer lane of the M62, closely followed by Malloy’s car, also a Honda Civic.
The car filming the race travels through the center lane at a speed of 88 mph and is quickly passed by the other two.
At one point during the 16 second clip, Malloy’s car can be seen to be less than ten meters from Muhammed’s before he is out of sight.
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Hull Crown Court heard that soon after, the tire of Muhammed’s car exploded and the vehicle crashed.
Judge David Tremberg said: “Expert evaluation of the images reveals that each of you was traveling over 100 mph and there was approximately 10 meters between your cars as you accelerated.
“Other drivers had the impression that you were running and driving like idiots.
“This competitive driving started some time ago before being captured on the dash cam footage.
“You, Israr Muhammed, had safe choices that you could have made.
“No one forced you to exceed the speed limit, or stubbornly stay in the outside lane of the freeway, as the center lane was clear for a long stretch.
“The rules of the road are there for a reason. Each of you is guilty of creating obvious, foreseeable and avoidable risks and hazards for yourself and other road users.
“This young man was completely innocent and had his whole life ahead of him.”
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