{"id":77842,"date":"2026-07-06T19:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/77842\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T19:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:23:13","slug":"east-london-man-was-driving-at-grossly-excessive-130mph-before-crash-that-killed-his-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/77842\/","title":{"rendered":"East London man was driving at ‘grossly excessive’ 130mph before crash that killed his friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

A nitrous oxide canister was found in the car with Arafath Ahmed’s DNA\"Arafath<\/p>\n

Arafath Ahmed, 27, was driving along the A23 at 130mph when he lost control of his car and crashed(Image: Sussex Police)<\/p>\n

An East London man was driving a car on a road trip to Brighton that crashed into a lamppost at 130mph and killed his friend.<\/p>\n

At 10pm on August 10, 2024, Arafath Ahmed, 27, of Croydon<\/a> Road in Plaistow was speeding along A23 in Sussex with three friends when he lost control of his silver Audi at a bend and crashed.<\/p>\n

One of the rear seat passengers, Mohammed Morshed, was thrown from the car and trapped under the wreckage. He died at the scene shortly afterwards despite the efforts of emergency crews.<\/p>\n

Police found nitrous oxide cannisters in the car, with one balloon testing positive for traces of Ahmed’s DNA. He was arrested at the scene and taken into custody before being released under investigation.<\/p>\n

More than a year later on December 1, 2025 he was charged with causing death by dangerous driving. The 27-year-old entered a guilty plea at Crawley<\/a> Magistrates’ Court on April 15 and bailed ahead of his sentencing.<\/p>\n

On Monday, June 29 Ahmed was sentenced at Hove Crown Court to nine years and six months in prison. He was also disqualified from driving for 12 years and 10 months.<\/p>\n

In his sentencing remarks, Judge Gold KC said; “You were driving with three friends on a spontaneous trip from London to Brighton. One of your passengers was Mohammed Morshed, and you were driving at grossly excessive speeds on the evening of 10 August.<\/p>\n

“You had driven for many miles of speeds in excess of the speed limit, rarely dropping below 89 mph. You were driving at an eye watering 129mph four seconds before the collision. At the point of the collision, Mr Morshed was thrown from the machine.<\/p>\n

“You had been drinking and smoking, although you were not over the limit, there were also nitrous oxide cannisters in the car, and a balloon found in the drivers footwell with your DNA.”<\/p>\n

Serious Collision Investigator, Francesca Walton, of Sussex Police, said: “Following a long and thorough investigation into the collision that claimed Mohammed’s life on 10 August 2024, we have now seen the driver responsible sentenced to time behind bars. Ahmed was found to have driven at speeds of almost double speed limit, showing a complete disregard for the safety of both his passengers and other road users.<\/p>\n

“Our thoughts remain with Mohammed’s family as this case comes to a close, and we hope they can continue on their journey of healing. I would also like to thank the witnesses who came forward and provided vital information, which proved invaluable to our investigation.”<\/p>\n

Looking for more from MyLondon? Subscribe to our daily newsletters here<\/a> for the latest and greatest updates from across London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A nitrous oxide canister was found in the car with Arafath Ahmed’s DNA Arafath Ahmed, 27, was driving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,27,34863],"class_list":["post-77842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-crime","tag-london","tag-plaistow"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116874667945769475","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}