Road Rage Driver Kills Pensioner Crossing Road With Her Granddaughter

An unlicensed and uninsured road rage hit-and-run driver, who killed a pensioner when overtaking another vehicle on the wrong side of the road, has been jailed for six years.

Mariuzu Jusza, 36, (pictured) continuously beeped his horn and drove aggressively behind the car in front, which slowed down to allow 68 year-old Margaret Streeter to cross the road.

Jusza, of Greenford Avenue, Hanwell then roared past and collided with Mrs Streeter, who was walking with her seven year-old granddaughter, and suffered fatal injuries.

He pleaded guilty at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court to causing death by dangerous driving, causing death while driving uninsured and driving without a full licence.

Jusza was driving a red VW Bora when he struck the pensioner in Half Acre, Brentford at 4.00pm on October 28, last year and an hour later she was pronounced dead from multiple injuries.

He was frustrated with a blue Renault vehicle in front of him, driven by a woman, who he felt cut him up and held his hand on his horn continuously as they drove the length of nearby Alexandra Road.

The driver described him as aggressive, hunched over his steering wheel and driving closely behind her.




The Renault driver then slowed at the junction with The Butts to allow Mrs Streeter and her granddaughter to cross the road.



Jusza also slowed down, but suddenly accelerated hard and overtook the Renault on the wrong side of the road.



The girl managed to run across the road but Jusza's car hit the victim, throwing her over the roof, before speeding off with a shattered windscreen.



Jusza's vehicle was later found abandoned in a car park in Boston Manor Road.

He bought a bottle of alcohol and spent the night in a park before handing himself into Hounslow police station the following day. 



Investigating officer Detective Sergeant Jeff Edwards, of the Road Death Investigation Unit based at Hampton Traffic Garage, said: "Jusza behaved appallingly.

“He totally overreacted to a situation with a fellow driver and was then seen tailgating and edging his vehicle out into the opposite lane as he sought to speed past, overtake and make his point.

"He hit the victim at speed, sending her over the bonnet and then the roof of his vehicle such was the impact, all in front of her young granddaughter.



"He then drove off, not even stopping to deal with the consequences of his actions.

“He deserves the prison sentence imposed today."