The brave mother of a four-year-old Birmingham girl killed when a motorist ploughed his car into them as they walked on a pavement, yards from home, has spoken for the first time of the haunting moment of impact.

Little Mayar Yahia was killed instantly in the horrific crash in Highgate, Birmingham , last April. She was among a happy group, including her mother Sara, older brother Omer and sister Mishkat, a neighbour and her children, walking home after an Eid celebration.

Out of nowhere, a car mounted the pavement at speed, giving them no chance of escape, ploughing into the railings beyond them.

"The lights were so bright coming at us and so close, there was nowhere to run," recalls a still traumatised Sara. "We just heard the loud noise and the car skid then bright lights. To lo

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