A man has been jailed for killing a woman after a hit-and-run as he tried to overtake a taxi outside a Sikh temple.<\/p>\n
The driver Vrabian Antonescu was speeding down waterloo Road, Smethwick on October 3 last year, when he attempted to overtake a taxi, ploughing into the side of the Toyota Avensis, causing the driver to swerve into the victim Surinderjit Saund who was about to get into her parked car.<\/p>\n
The 68-year-old was confirmed dead at the scene, despite the best efforts from paramedics.<\/p>\n
Antonescu, 24, drove off in his Mercedes without having a tyre on a front wheel.<\/p>\n
The damaged wheel left markings on the road, which allowed police to track him to a nearby street.<\/p>\n
Antonescu was arrested in Marlborough Road just after 11pm. Further enquiries established he had been travelling at 40mph in a 30mph zone just before the collision.<\/p>\n
Antonescu, of Gower Street, Wolverhampton, \u00a0pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving yesterday, Monday, December 2, at the start of a planned trial. He was jailed for two\u00a0years and ten\u00a0months and given a three-year driving ban to start on his release.<\/p>\n
Speaking after the sentencing, Det Sgt Paul Hughes, from West Midlands Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “This was a tragic case where Mrs Saund was sadly in the wrong place at the wrong time.<\/p>\n
“It was the dangerous driving of Antonescu which caused the collision and the taxi driver was blameless in what happened.<\/p>\n
“Antonescu drove off but we were able to quickly trace the car and him that same evening by following the markings his wheel left on the road.<\/p>\n
“Our sympathies remain with the family of Mrs Saund and hope this custodial sentence will provide some solace.”<\/p>\n
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