Before video showed that he had lied about his actions, an unrepentant motorist who ran a red light and then struck a nine-year-old girl as she was crossing the street originally blamed.
The child for the accident. Two-time father Today, Qadeer Hussain, 55, received an eight-year, four-month jail term for driving recklessly and killing Alice Williams.
On July 8, 2023, the child was heading to a summer celebration with her mother and six-year-old brother, Joseph, when they came to a crossing at Kings Cross Road in Halifax.
However, Hussain made a last-ditch effort to jump the red light by accelerating by 20 mph above the speed limit as the lights changed and other vehicles slowed down.
He didn’t see the family had started crossing the street when he was doing this. Hussain’s black Vauxhall Corsa, which was driving toward the town center, struck Alice,
