A DANGEROUS driver who killed a mother and seriously injured the deceased’s daughter in a collision in Hagley has been jailed for almost nine years.
Anayat Ur-Rehman, 26, of Holcombe Road, Birmingham, pled guilty to causing death and causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court last Friday (September 12).
Ur-Rehman (pictured) was driving a VW Passat on October 19, 2024 on the A456 Hagley causeway when the fatal incident took place around 1.15pm.
Whilst travelling with three other passengers, he illegally undertook another vehicle on the road, a Ford Fiesta, before colliding with it. The Fiesta became airborne due to Ur-Rehman’s ‘highly dangerous manoeuvre’ before flipping over the central reservation of the dual carriageway.
The Fiesta then collided with an Audi E-tron which was being driven by Abigail Hudson. She was killed instantly and her youngest daughter suffered ‘catastrophic injuries’ in the crash, including a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain. She now faces more operations in the future and a lifetime of taking medication.
Abigail’s husband and her other daughter were also in the car. Writing in a victim impact statement, Mr Hudson said his entire world was shattered when his wife, Abigail, was tragically taken from them in an avoidable car crash.
“Her death has left a permanent void in our lives, and no words can truly capture the weight of that loss,” he wrote.
“Since that day, our future – the one we had built together and looked forward to – has been stolen from us.”
“Our children’s lives have been irreversibly altered.”
In all, Ur-Rehman’s dangerous driving caused a five-car collision. He was sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison for Abigail’s death and was given three years for causing her daughter’s injuries.
His sentences will run concurrently and he has been from driving for nine years.
DC Joe Curry, of West Mercia’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit South, said: “We welcome the sentencing. Ur-Rehman showed a total disregard for the safety of the other road users on that day.
“No sentence will ever replace Abigail, but we hope this is one step in them rebuilding their lives and goes some way to seeing justice done.”
