{"id":7863,"date":"2014-04-15T10:16:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T10:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/04\/15\/man-jailed-for-dangerous-driving\/"},"modified":"2014-04-15T10:16:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T10:16:58","slug":"man-jailed-for-dangerous-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/15\/man-jailed-for-dangerous-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Jailed for Dangerous Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man has been sentenced after he collided with a pedestrian in Manchester. <\/div>\n

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Zain Iqbal (born 09\/05\/1993) of\u00a0Balleratt Street, Levenshulme\u00a0has been sentenced at Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square to two years and four months in prison.<\/div>\n

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He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to causing serious injury by dangerous driving.<\/div>\n

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The incident happened at the junction of Great Ancoats Street and Redhill Street at around 10.45pm on Friday 3 May 2013.<\/div>\n

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At the time of the collision, a black cab carrying four people, including the driver, was turning from Great Ancoats Street into Redhill Street.<\/div>\n

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A silver VW Golf, which was travelling along Great Ancoats Street, undertook another vehicle and collided with the taxi as it turned.<\/div>\n

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The collision caused the taxi to spin onto the footpath and hit a pedestrian, trapping him between the taxi and the railings. This 29-year-old man suffered serious injuries to his legs, pelvis and hips.<\/div>\n

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The three passengers in the rear of the taxi were all seriously injured. A 29-year-old pregnant woman suffered a head injury and chest injuries and spent over three months in hospital.<\/div>\n

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The woman’s baby was delivered in hospital by emergency Caesarean section following the collision.<\/div>\n

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A 23-year-old man suffered chest injuries and a 31-year-old woman suffered a fractured shoulder and facial injuries.<\/div>\n

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The driver of the taxi suffered minor injuries to his legs.<\/div>\n

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Iqbal who was driving the Golf was not injured during the collision.<\/div>\n

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Police Sergeant Mark Thomas from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit said: “This was a horrific set of circumstances in which several members of a family, including a woman who was in the late stages of pregnancy, and a pedestrian were seriously injured during a collision.<\/div>\n

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“The woman was taken into hospital where her baby was delivered by emergency C-section whilst she was still unconscious, a traumatic experience for both mother and baby. This experience and her ongoing medical recovery still affects her immensely.<\/div>\n

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“The pedestrian’s injuries have improved but, were of such a serious nature that his chosen career path has been taken away from him.<\/div>\n

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“Today, Iqbal was sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence and although this will not change the traumatic set of circumstances, it will hopefully provide some closure to all those involved.”<\/div>\n

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Collided with a Pedestrian A man has been sentenced after he collided with a pedestrian in Manchester. Zain Iqbal (born 09\/05\/1993) of\u00a0Balleratt Street, Levenshulme\u00a0has been sentenced at Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square to two years and four months in prison. \u00a0 He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to causing serious […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}