Driver 'tried to get out of way' and 'wasn't racing' Audi before crash that killed brothers
A Bentley driver has denied racing another high-powered car seconds before a fatal crash that killed two young boys on a dual carriageway.
Pawanveer Singh, aged 23 months, and his 10-year-old brother Sanjay, from Sedgley, were in the family’s BMW with their mother Arathi Nehar when it was struck by an Audi on the A4123 Birmingham New Road in Wolverhampton on March 14, 2019.
Giving defence evidence at a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday, Hamza Shahid, aged 36, wiped away tears as he described the crash scene.
He told the jury that he joined the A4123 from the Black Country Route junction and was in the right-hand lane heading towards Parkfield when he noticed an Audi driving close behind and "kind of pushing".
"I considered a safe manoeuvre to overtake the other vehicles on the left to get out of the way and to get to the left lane. The guy seemed in a rush. I was already doing 35mph to 38mph. I had to do 50mph to 60mph to get to the left lane," Shahid said.
