Jailed: Black Country teenager crashed into four people - including ex-boyfriend
A Black Country teenager has been jailed for more than three years after she injured four people in a deliberate act of reckless driving.
Lydia Baya, from Dudley, had taken her mother's car and, following an argument with her ex-boyfriend, drove at the 19-year-old and a 16-year-old girl with him in Pershore Road, in Birmingham, just after 1pm on August 14 last year.
After running the pair down, the car crashed into a bus stop injuring two more pedestrians, near to a BP Garage.
CCTV footage from an approaching bus in the street captured the Renault Captur as it came to a rest on the pavement, where 18-year-old Baya left it and walked off.
WATCH: Footage shows the moment car crashes into two pedestrians, before injuring two more at bus stop
A 58-year-old woman suffered a shattered pelvis and has been left in fear of going outside her own home. A 45-year-old woman received cuts and bruises, as did the the ex-boyfriend and teenage girl, who have recovered from their injuries.
Passengers from the bus and other members of the public rushed to the aid of all the victims, who were all treated in hospital. The road remained closed for several hours while emergency services attended the scene.
Baya, of Windsor Crescent, was arrested a short distance away on suspicion of attempted murder.
But on November 17, at Wolverhampton Crown Court she pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Baya was sentenced on Wednesday to three and a half years for attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and two and a half years for causing serious injury by dangerous driving. The sentences will run concurrently.
She was also banned from driving for 12 months on her release from prison and will be required to take an extended test before being allowed behind the wheel of a car again.
DC Andy Jones, from West Midlands Police's Public Protection Unit, said: "The consequences of Baya’s uncontrollable rage that day was catastrophic.
“It is by pure chance that the victims’ injuries were not more serious or even fatal."
