"While leaving Bush House's courtyard, he drove at speed towards a set of iron gates leading to the pedestrian zone of The Strand. Jackson collided with the gates, forcing them open. This force led the gates to hit and seriously injure a 28-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man."
"Jackson continued to drive the vehicle forwards, causing it to mount a flower bed. The vehicle became briefly airborne before colliding with Aalia, who was sitting on a bench on the other side of the flower bed. She was facing away from the vehicle at the time of the collision."
"Aalia Mahomed, who was studying at King's College London, died at the scene of the collision on the Strand on March 18 last year. The 20-year-old, who was in her second year of a physics and philosophy degree, was described by her mother Samira Shafi in a statement in court as the most amazing daughter."
Christopher Jackson, 27, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. On March 18, 2025, while leaving Bush House in central London, Jackson drove a van at speed toward iron gates leading to a pedestrian zone on The Strand. The collision forced the gates open, striking and seriously injuring a 28-year-old woman and 24-year-old man. Jackson continued driving, mounting a flower bed before the vehicle became airborne and struck Aalia Mahomed, a 20-year-old King's College London physics and philosophy student sitting on a bench. Mahomed died at the scene. The incident left all three victims with severe injuries.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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