Footage shows the moment 54-year-old ‘boy racer’ Dhiya Al-Maamoury ploughed into a crowd of people at an illegal street racing event - killing two teenagers, 16 and 19.
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00:30On the evening of Sunday the 20th of November 2022, the event of an illegal car meet would
00:36change the lives of four families forever.
00:39On that evening, hundreds of people had gathered on Albury Road in Albury to participate and
00:44watch the actions of people and the cars at that car meet.
00:48Four young adults, just beginning their lives, were stood on the pavement at that event.
00:55The actions of an adult driving his imported Nissan Skyline and the manner of driving he
01:01displayed in driving dangerously and showing off resulted in a loss of control of that
01:06vehicle and the vehicle leaving the road, mounting the pavement, striking all four of
01:11those young adults.
01:13Liberty Cellist, Ben Caulfield lost their lives.
01:18Their two friends to this day still relive those events as they go on to recover from
01:23their injuries.
01:26All four of them were there at the event but they were pedestrians.
01:31They were on the pavement and they should have been afforded some sort of protection
01:34like all vulnerable road users.
01:37Sadly the actions of one individual at this illegal event has changed the lives of that
01:43family and everyone involved forever.
01:53This case illustrates how dangerous street racing is on the streets of the West Midlands.
02:06Every week we see groups turn up in street race, people have been injured, street furniture
02:11has been damaged, innocent members of the public have been caused fear, people have
02:13been kept up at night because of the noise that they cause during the street race events.
02:18That's why under Operation Hercules, our proactive operation, we're absolutely committed to taking
02:21a zero tolerance approach to tackling those organised in street racing.
02:25Every week we're arresting, we're stinging tyres, we're seizing vehicles and we're revoking
02:29insurance with our insurance partners to make sure we take every opportunity and every angle
02:33to target those taking part in street racing events.