18 December 2025 A man has appeared in court charged over the death of a pedestrian and injuries to another following a hit-and-run crash in Birmingham. Police said a 54-year-old man died in the incident on Soho Road just before 11:20 GMT on Tuesday, while a woman suffered leg injuries. Harinderpal Athwal, 41, from Oldbury, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, and causing death by driving while disqualified and uninsured. He is also accused of failing to stop following a crash. In addition, Mr Athwal, who appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court, faces a charge of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and failing to report a road collision. At Thursday's hearing, he was remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear at Birmingham Crown Court for a plea and preparation hearing on 15 January. Police said the injured woman, 47, remained in hospital, but her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
Oh, I know. I'm just giving him shit because he self-censored a commonly used word, not even remotely considered a swear word. Unless you're an absolute nutter, which I'm not discounting. Either that or he's got a room-temperature IQ. In centigrade.
18 December 2025
A man has appeared in court charged over the death of a pedestrian and injuries to another following a hit-and-run crash in Birmingham.
Police said a 54-year-old man died in the incident on Soho Road just before 11:20 GMT on Tuesday, while a woman suffered leg injuries.
Harinderpal Athwal, 41, from Oldbury, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, and causing death by driving while disqualified and uninsured. He is also accused of failing to stop following a crash.
In addition, Mr Athwal, who appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court, faces a charge of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and failing to report a road collision.
At Thursday's hearing, he was remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear at Birmingham Crown Court for a plea and preparation hearing on 15 January.
Police said the injured woman, 47, remained in hospital, but her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
tHeY hIde tHe eThnIciTy bY nOt sAyiNg „An indian man“ AnD jUsT wRiTinG tHe TotAlLy UK nAtIve NamE Harinderpal Athwal. ThEy dOnT wAnT yOu To KnOw tHe EtHnIciTy!!…!.!!.!11!2!!!.!
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Big 2025 and people begging to confirm if perpetrators the race I hate. I’m sorry but drop your “sadly“ because you have no idea how much hate you’re causing. and fuck the driver in the video.
Hate.. such a strong word. If you’re so full of hate towards another who has done nothing to you, maybe you should reflect on the reasoning. These two people have done nothing more than love each other and walk down the street together expecting safety on the sidewalk.
This is up there on the worst videos I’ve seen on this sub. Running over the person to get away like that…unbelievable and sickening. What a heartless person. They were holding hands.
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Did they live?? Cause that did flewww. Then the old lady got run over aswell. I'm thinking drunk driver then trips to for the scene. Does anyone have any info?
Holy shit, the lady survived?! The male died :(
Not too much of a surprise. Chances of survival aren't high when hit that hard front on to the point you fly meters.
Harinderpal Athwal, 41, from Oldbury, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, and causing death by driving while disqualified and uninsured. He is also accused of failing to stop following a crash.
I think you're right. I tried to go frame by frame. You can see the yellow of the man's jacket when he's on the sidewalk.
I guess being hit and then run over was more than enough to cause fatal injuries. It's crazy how the lady came out with just leg injuries
Ikr, seeing as how she flew, I expected more injuries... She's lucky, in a way, I guess... But poor thing... Must've been rattled up... And the guy, must've been a scary feeling, getting hit by something unexpected and then getting ran over, all because you couldn't see and move out of the way... Poor lad.
That's just fucking sad, that poor woman, the survivours guilt is going to haunt her.
Part of me thinks I need to leave subs like these now, it's getting to a point where I genuinely fucking fear random shit like this happening to me day to day, or my family. I hope that poor womans able to move on with her life as best she can.
Do what you need to for your mental health. Seeing Subs like these in your feed can make you feel like that's all the world is. But it's not. If o told you to look for blue cars for the day, you'd be amazed how many you see. But if I asked you how many red you saw, you probably wouldn't know.
Spend your time and energy on what fuels you. The world can be a scary place and there are definitely crappy people. But there always has been. It's just now very accessible.
It's the holidays. Log off these subs. Join some cool, crazy, funny ones. Look around you for what and who you're grateful for and focus on what you need to fill you up.
He'll get a1 year driving ban, suspended for 12 months. And 8 months in prison.
Jk, but the UKs sentences on death caused by dangerous driving is super low and needs changing
A friend of mine got 4 years in prison for killing someone due to dangerous driving. She was in his car, wasn't wearing a seat belt and died. That was a tragic accident.
This driver hit 2 pedestrians, and drove right over 1. So will surely get at least 10 years, hopefully life in prison. Thats not an accident.
Come on this journey with me: Jesus Christ! I thought “awe poor guy is blind and he has enough to deal with” … “oh omg he DOES get hit by the car”. … “oh! Looks like he will survive this thankfully”. Paused it and talked to my spouse a few min. Came back and hit play… “OMG WTF ARE YOU DOING!?! Well he’s dead” 😭😭😭😭😭
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You’re kidding, right? The article linked earlier literally states “Harinderpal Athwal, 41, from Oldbury, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, and causing death by driving while disqualified and uninsured. He is also accused of failing to stop following a crash.”
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This really should be removed. The driver has now been charged with an offence, so this video and the comments below could harm the case against him, and all the commenters are in contempt of court. Wait till the trial is over.
Thats got to be deliberate
Old m'n got his license removed and died a week later proprably
Thats not what happened. The article is linked below in the comments.
for the lazy
What the fuck is a "m'n"?
I assume man
Oh, I know. I'm just giving him shit because he self-censored a commonly used word, not even remotely considered a swear word. Unless you're an absolute nutter, which I'm not discounting. Either that or he's got a room-temperature IQ. In centigrade.
Looking at his post history, it's a toss-up.
Thanks, assho- it was autocorrect
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wtf ahahaha
Maybe he didn't realize he had hit something
Sad part is that person could have very much still been alive, but the driver just decided to run them over to escape. How cruel.
Was it to escape or was this planned murder? Is anything else known about this vid?
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Sees UK, yup ofc it's fucking Birmingham
I JUST WOKE UP IN A FUCKEN MOOD YEAH? CAUSE I LIVE IN A SHITHOLE😡
Happiest man in Birmingham:
18 December 2025 A man has appeared in court charged over the death of a pedestrian and injuries to another following a hit-and-run crash in Birmingham. Police said a 54-year-old man died in the incident on Soho Road just before 11:20 GMT on Tuesday, while a woman suffered leg injuries. Harinderpal Athwal, 41, from Oldbury, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, and causing death by driving while disqualified and uninsured. He is also accused of failing to stop following a crash. In addition, Mr Athwal, who appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court, faces a charge of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and failing to report a road collision. At Thursday's hearing, he was remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear at Birmingham Crown Court for a plea and preparation hearing on 15 January. Police said the injured woman, 47, remained in hospital, but her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
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The majority ethnicity of brum....
Isn't the ethnicity obvious from the name?
Harinderpal Atwal from Oldbury. 99.9% certain he's indian, not that it makes a difference.
tHeY hIde tHe eThnIciTy bY nOt sAyiNg „An indian man“ AnD jUsT wRiTinG tHe TotAlLy UK nAtIve NamE Harinderpal Athwal. ThEy dOnT wAnT yOu To KnOw tHe EtHnIciTy!!…!.!!.!11!2!!!.!
Why would it matter?
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Big 2025 and people begging to confirm if perpetrators the race I hate. I’m sorry but drop your “sadly“ because you have no idea how much hate you’re causing. and fuck the driver in the video.
Hate.. such a strong word. If you’re so full of hate towards another who has done nothing to you, maybe you should reflect on the reasoning. These two people have done nothing more than love each other and walk down the street together expecting safety on the sidewalk.
I don’t think you understood what I said. “many south asian men” is such a crass statement to make with no evidence to backup except anecdotal.
Absolutely! What does the driver’s ethnicity or country of origin matter? Unless you’re racist or an isolationist. Seriously, people….
They're even driving on the wrong side of the road..
Holy shit you are correct
American tourist?
This is up there on the worst videos I’ve seen on this sub. Running over the person to get away like that…unbelievable and sickening. What a heartless person. They were holding hands.
I've seen people decapitated, limbs torn off, organs on the outside BY ACCIDENT.
They just drove over a person on purpose to get away. I hope some NSFW shit happens to the driver. Totally avoidable.
What an absolute piece of human garbage.
The drive over them part was so extra.
I wonder if he would have survived had that not happened. The woman survived and her impact looked more violent.
Frfr bruv
Holysh*t that was brutal even by this subs standards. What a piece of sh*t. Those poor people were just out for a walk
Bro you just watched people fucking die just swear
You can curse by the way...
Oh cr*p, forgot about that!
Sidenote: Self sensorship is so fucking stupid. WE ARE IN NSFL. PEOPLE GET BRUTALLY CUT TO PIECES HERE. YOU CAN FUCKING SWEAR
Nooo! I can't say f*ck, kids are watching!
Fuck cursing.
If you are afraid to swear there are some bigger fish to fry
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Yes I did expect his name to be very British
Jeebus. Old mate was callous as fuck
Or drunk AF
Did they live?? Cause that did flewww. Then the old lady got run over aswell. I'm thinking drunk driver then trips to for the scene. Does anyone have any info?
here more info : https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w73gx8gpgo
Holy shit, the lady survived?! The male died :(
Not too much of a surprise. Chances of survival aren't high when hit that hard front on to the point you fly meters.
If you look closely, it was the lady who flew and the man that got run over.
I think you're right. I tried to go frame by frame. You can see the yellow of the man's jacket when he's on the sidewalk. I guess being hit and then run over was more than enough to cause fatal injuries. It's crazy how the lady came out with just leg injuries
Ikr, seeing as how she flew, I expected more injuries... She's lucky, in a way, I guess... But poor thing... Must've been rattled up... And the guy, must've been a scary feeling, getting hit by something unexpected and then getting ran over, all because you couldn't see and move out of the way... Poor lad.
I know it sounds morbid, but I hope he was unconscious by that stage
That's just fucking sad, that poor woman, the survivours guilt is going to haunt her.
Part of me thinks I need to leave subs like these now, it's getting to a point where I genuinely fucking fear random shit like this happening to me day to day, or my family. I hope that poor womans able to move on with her life as best she can.
Do what you need to for your mental health. Seeing Subs like these in your feed can make you feel like that's all the world is. But it's not. If o told you to look for blue cars for the day, you'd be amazed how many you see. But if I asked you how many red you saw, you probably wouldn't know. Spend your time and energy on what fuels you. The world can be a scary place and there are definitely crappy people. But there always has been. It's just now very accessible.
It's the holidays. Log off these subs. Join some cool, crazy, funny ones. Look around you for what and who you're grateful for and focus on what you need to fill you up.
"Don't let the bastards get you down."
Shoot so the guy who went flying died, but the lady who got ran over survived with just injures to her legs? Crazy
Reverse it - the woman flew and survived with a broken leg, the man got ran over and died.
I highly doubt they survived that. And if they did, well, those injuries are a lot to recover from.
I just commented after reading an article. Lady survived, male didn't
Understandable. Very sad.
They did at least catch the drivery though?
Yep. He's in jail awaiting trial
Good. I hope he gets life.
He'll get a1 year driving ban, suspended for 12 months. And 8 months in prison. Jk, but the UKs sentences on death caused by dangerous driving is super low and needs changing
A friend of mine got 4 years in prison for killing someone due to dangerous driving. She was in his car, wasn't wearing a seat belt and died. That was a tragic accident.
This driver hit 2 pedestrians, and drove right over 1. So will surely get at least 10 years, hopefully life in prison. Thats not an accident.
6 to 8 years would be my guess
Probably 18 months for reckress driving resulting in death
The lady was the who went flying and the guy was the one being run over.
Yeah ib just replayed it slowly. You can see the yellow of his jacket. So sad
Yeah, it was tough to watch. I hope the court puts the driver behind bars for a long time.
give me anxiety with people that drive car like that.
Come on this journey with me: Jesus Christ! I thought “awe poor guy is blind and he has enough to deal with” … “oh omg he DOES get hit by the car”. … “oh! Looks like he will survive this thankfully”. Paused it and talked to my spouse a few min. Came back and hit play… “OMG WTF ARE YOU DOING!?! Well he’s dead” 😭😭😭😭😭
Wasn't a John Smith who did it.
Holy shit!!! 😡🤦🏻♂️
Thats SO f'd up
Very sad
Typical UK driver definitely fits the Boot
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Just goes to show that standing on the outside of the sidewalk doesn't mean shit.
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The drivers name was not given. The woman who was run over after being hit is Harinderpal.
You’re kidding, right? The article linked earlier literally states “Harinderpal Athwal, 41, from Oldbury, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, and causing death by driving while disqualified and uninsured. He is also accused of failing to stop following a crash.”
When they're first hit, the man who's run over, why does his body blip like that when laying there immediately after?
He was probs going somewhere after going to the pub with his mates and got absolutely pissed. I would know Im english too
Ouch
Blame the people who voted Labour.
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Senator Wilson was behind the wheel
This really should be removed. The driver has now been charged with an offence, so this video and the comments below could harm the case against him, and all the commenters are in contempt of court. Wait till the trial is over.