00:00On Saturday the 14th of December 2024 the lives of a family were changed in an instant
00:13thanks to the actions of one individual. Young two-year-old Shabazz was in a car with his mum,
00:19dad, his auntie and uncle and they were travelling home on Dartmouth Road, Smedic having been out
00:24to celebrate a family birthday. Travelling in the opposite direction, Sharjil Shahzad was driving
00:30a stolen Porsche Cayenne and he overtook a vehicle at 48 miles per hour onto the wrong side of the road
00:37and as he entered his left-hand bend he went onto the wrong side of the road and collided head-on
00:43with the other vehicle and Sharjil within seconds exited his vehicle and ran off down the road
00:51without looking back. Young Shabazz sadly died from the injuries he suffered and two of the adults
00:58in the car suffered very significant injuries from which they still are recovering today and through
01:05the efforts of a number of teams within Westman's Police were able to recover forensics, fingerprints
01:10and DNA very quickly from the vehicle and were able to trace Sharjil and arrest him. The impact
01:16on the other family cannot in any way be put into words. This family continues to suffer, they've lost
01:25a young two-year-old and still to this day Shabazz's mother remains unconscious in hospital.
01:34So that's all for now.
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