Teen boy racer who killed three passengers as he sped so fast his car TOOK OFF is locked up
Arayeb Saqib hired Audi S5 to show off to mates after wedding but crashed after flying through the air when speeding
A TEEN who killed three of his friends after driving so fast his car took off was today jailed for six years — on his 18th birthday.
Arayeb Saqib was driving a hired Audi S5 after a wedding in Manchester.
But the 17-year-old drove the high performance car so fast it flew through the air before hitting two parked cars and a street sign just outside Whalley Range High School for girls.
Passangers Mohammed Hamza, 20, and Hamza Iqbal, 24, died from the impact and Munib Afzal Karim 21, died in hospital the following day. A fourth victim, 19, was seriously injured.
Saqib had been showing off in the car after he met up with the victims who had been attending the wedding of Munib Karim's sister earlier that day at an Indian restaurant.
Manchester Crown Court heard police spotted the white Audi being driven at high speed, but did not follow it because they felt it was too dangerous.
Moments later the car sped across a junction but the car was going so fast over a hump in the road it caused the vehicle to fly through the air before crashing.
It was later revealed the Audi was doing 68mph at the time of the impact.
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Judge David Stockdale QCD said when passing sentence that it was "one of the worst cases of causing death by dangerous driving that he had ever encountered."
He added Saqib was motivated by "selfish wish for self preservation" to escape police following him.
He said the teenager's driving was "truly appalling".
PC Paul Joynson from Greater Manchester Police said: "This was a tragic set of circumstances in which three young men lost their lives.
"Arayeb Saqib was 17 at the time of the collision and was no way experienced enough to drive such a high powered car.
"Saqib's attempts to show off to his friends in a high powered car directly resulted in their death and he will have to live with that on his conscience for the rest of his life."
Arayeb Saqib was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of causing death by dangerous driving and one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He was also disqualified from driving for eight years.