Student Hina Shamim died ‘after being mowed down by racing BMW driver’
Farid Reza, 36, was driving his white convertible BMW M3 at 70mph as he raced William Spicer, 28, in another high performance BMW before he hit Hina, killing her instantly
A STUDENT was killed by a 'speeding BMW driver showing off by racing another car at twice the speed limit' as she walked to the library.
Hina Shamim, 21, was killed instantly when Farid Reza, 36, knocked her down with his BMW as she crossed the road in Kingston in March 2015.
Reza was allegedly 'racing' William Spicer, 28, in the lead-up to the crash and both men were driving at 70mph on a 30mph road in high-performance BMWs.
Reza and Spicer are both accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of Miss Shamim, a sports science student at Kingston University.
They are also accused of causing serious injury by dangerous driving to a child in one of the cars, who suffered a fractured skull, jaw bone and collar bone.
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The court heard that on the night of the crash Reza was on his way home after dropping into a takeaway called the Ecklee Grill in Kingston.
Meanwhile Spicer, who was also a student at Kingston University, was driving to Pizza Hut in Tolworth with three friends.
The pair were accused of 'encouraging one another to drive in a dangerous manner' before the crash at 9pm on Penrhyn Road in Kingston.
Eyewitnesses told the court the cars were "driving over the speed limit" when Reza hit Miss Shamim, causing her to go over the bonnet and hit her head on the windscreen.
The car then crashed into the bus before spinning and eventually stopping on the pavement, the prosecutor said.
Spicer's car carried on past the crash without stopping, before making a right hand turn into nearby Surbiton Road.
Reza reportedly got out of his car, and was heard saying "I didn't mean to hit her, she just stepped out".
Emergency services arrived, but could not resuscitate Miss Shamim.
Jurors were told that Reza told police: "Where's the woman? She stepped out. I had to swerve to avoid her and I hit the bus. I remember I hit her and she went flying".
Deanna Heer, prosecuting, told the Old Bailey: "Hina Shamim, a young lady who was 21 years of age at the time, was struck by a white BMW as she was crossing the road, and she was killed instantly.
"Having collided with her, the White BMW crashed into a bus before coming to a rest on the pavement. The driver of that white BMW was Farid Reza.
"At the time of that collision it is alleged that Farid Reza was effectively 'racing' his white BMW with a dark grey BMW.
"That dark grey BMW was driven by William Spicer. He had with him in his car three friends from university.
"Both Mr Reza's white BMW and Mr Spicer's dark grey BMW were high performance vehicles.
"They were capable of 0-60mph in less than six seconds and had top speeds of about 155mph.
"The prosecution case is that effectively these two defendants were showing off to one another, and thereby encouraging one another to drive in a dangerous manner."
Miss Heer said: ";The road is a single carriageway road with a speed limit of 30mph.
"Immediately prior to the collision which killed Hina Shamim, both vehicles were driving at speeds of about 69mph."
At about 9pm, CCTV footage showed Spicer's car was five seconds ahead of Reza's on Fairfield North, before he managed to catch up with him, jurors were told.
Reza then managed to overtake Spicer in Penrhyn Road, Miss Heer said.
The pair overtook another driver, Tamina Muwonge, as they passed Kingston Crown Court, she added.
The prosecutor said: "After they had overtaken her, Tamina Muwonge watched as both vehicles accelerated harshly away.
"She describes them as driving really fast at that stage."
She then saw the white car veer over to the other side of the road and crash, while the dark car carried on past the scene, jurors were told.
Another witness, Rosie Jones, was standing at a bus stop when she saw the two cars pass her, jurors were told.
Miss Heer said: "She noticed that they were driving close to one another at speeds that she describes as being well over the speed limit.
"By the manner of their driving, her immediate thought was that there was going to be a crash."
Ahead of them, Miss Shamim was crossing the road, the court heard.
Witness Paul Barkham, the sole passenger on a double decker bus, said he thought "the driver appeared to have lost control of that car", Miss Heer said.
Reza, of Kingston-upon-Thames, south west London, and Spicer, of Harrow, north west London, deny causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
The trial continues.
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