Deliveroo driver who cut corner to beat traffic killed elderly man

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A Deliveroo driver killed an elderly man as he crossed the road when he cut the corner to ‘beat traffic’. Mustafa Sayed was delivering food to a customer when he approached the junction of School Lane and Parrs Wood Road in Didsbury on November 14, 2022.

As the lights changed from red to green, he turned right while Sadrudin Noormaohamed Adatia, 86, was slowly crossing the road with his walking aid.

Sayed, 55, hit Mr Adatia, sending him into the air. He was rushed to hospital, but sadly died from his injuries the next morning.

Sayed, from Withington, was found guilty by jurors of causing death by driving without due care and attention. Handing him a suspended sentence, Judge Alan Conrad KC said: “You were working as a takeaway delivery driver and were under pressure to deliver - whether that was self-imposed or came from your employer. “I am satisfied your concern was to cut the right hand turn to beat the oncoming traffic, and in so doing, you failed to have regard to the presence of any pedestrian who might have been in the road.” Prosecuting, Stephen Littlewood told the trial both roads have a 30mph limit and that the junction is controlled by traffic lights.