Moment Bentley ploughs into car killing 12-year-old schoolgirl

Horrifying footage shows the moment a speeding Bentley smashes into a family car and kills a 12-year-old girl in front of her horrified parents.

Edward Tully, 30, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for causing the death of the child in a hit and run collision in Colney Hatch Lane, North London, on Saturday, August 20.

Southwark Crown Court heard how the trader had been on a night out with his friends at the cabaret bar Proud Embankment on the Victoria Embankment on the night of the collision.

CCTV images showed to the court pictured Tully and his friends leaving the bar having spent £1,500 on a boozy five-course meal.

He can be seen holding a bottle of fizz as he exits the venue, before separate footage shows him swaying back and forth whilst getting money out from a cash machine.

The court heard that Tully then drove his Bentley Continental at 56mph - 26mph over the speed limit – as he hit the rear of a Vauxhall Astra containing the girl's family.

A fellow motorist's dashcam footage showed Tully’s vehicle hurtling down a side road and flying out onto a dual carriageway.

Another car's dashcam footage showed the horrific moment Tully drove through a set of red lights and crashed into the girl’s family car - which was sent spinning down the road by the collision.

His luxury motor can then be seen wrapped around the traffic lights with smoke rising from it, as he fled the scene on foot.

The crash caused catastrophic injuries to the girl, who sadly died in hospital days later.

Her father was also left with life-changing injuries, whilst her mother and brother received minor injuries.

Officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit began an investigation, gathering CCTV footage to piece together Tully's movements.

The court heard that Tully had spent over £1,500 at the bar on a five-course meal with Prosecco, as well as five bottles of Veuve Cliquot Rose champagne.

Later on that evening, Tully overtook a car in his black Bentley continental convertible, went straight through red lights and struck the red Vauxhall Astra that the girl's mother was driving.

The Bentley then hit a post on a traffic island. A witness described someone from the Bentley making a gesture as if to say 'up yours'.

Tully then walked back to his flat in Princess Park Manor, before calling his father who picked him up, something a judge labelled 'shameful'.

He handed himself into police the day after the crash and wept as he was jailed for 12 years on Monday.

Tully was confronted in court by the girl's family, who revealed their lives had been torn apart by her loss and that as a result they no longer celebrate Christmas, Diwali or New Year.

In a victim impact statement read to the court, the girl's mother said: 'My daughter was my best friend, we were very close to each other.

'I relive the incident. I get flashbacks of that night. I feel pain. I feel helpless.

'This incident has caused devastation to a happy family.

'This incident has taken everything away from us, everything.'

The father said: 'Every morning I wake up and look at the photo of my daughter and I can't believe that our little princess is not with us.'

'We as a family are devastated. I believe no parent should ever bury their child.'

'I have not been able to sleep without sleeping pills since the incident.'

'We used to celebrate Christmas, Diwali and New Year. We hate that now.'

Detective Sergeant Nush Puvitharan, from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said:

'Tully's selfish actions have sadly resulted in the loss of a young life. My thoughts are with the family, dealing with the devastating loss of their daughter, who had a bright future ahead of her.

'I hope the sentence acts as a deterrent to those who chose to drink and drive. Drink driving has a horrific impact and destroys the lives of others.

'My team worked extremely hard to put strong evidence before the court and I want to thank them for their work.

'Met officers remain committed to keeping London safe and bringing perpetrators to justice.'