SHOCKING footage shows the moment a "loving" gran was tossed into the air and left to die in the street by a "callous" drug driver, who has been caged for six years.
Krishna Devi Droch, 62, was killed when she was struck by a speeding car travelling on the wrong side of the road in Birmingham in November, 2017.
Mohammed Ishfaq, 34, was high on a cocktail of heroin, cocaine and the synthetic cannabis black mamba when he ploughed into Mrs Droch as she crossed the road.
Ishfaq fled the scene in the Vauxhall Zafira, leaving Mrs Droch fatally injured.
Shocking footage, released with the permission of Mrs Droch's family during an appeal, shows the moment she was hit by the people carrier as she walked onto the road.
The Vauxhall Zafira had gone through a red light moments earlier and was being chased by a light green Vauxhall Corsa and a silver Ford Mondeo.
DRUG DRIVER CAGED
The two other cars were using false plates and were later found burned out.
Ishfaq arranged for a drug dealer friend to burn the car he had been driving later on.
He was jailed yesterday for six years and three months and banned from driving for 10 years at Birmingham Crown Court.
Ishfaq had previously admitted death by dangerous driving.
In a statement Vijay Droch, Mrs Droch's son, said: "On November 9, 2017, our mum was killed in a sudden, brutal and totally senseless hit and run.
Our mum was killed in a sudden, brutal and totally senseless hit and run.
"A loving mother and dedicated wife and inspirational grandmother.A mother figure to her younger brother and sister.
"Her warm, loving and joyful smile lit up the room when she entered it. She was a dedicated wife to her husband.
"Mum had a distinctive gift of making you feel loved and appreciated.
"Her death shocked the community and made national and international news in India."
The court heard Ishfaq had been living with another man and the pair were both "users and dealers of drugs" who drove a Vauxhall Zafira.
Mark Heywood, prosecuting, said: "On the morning of November 9 2017 the two men began their preparations to go out and deal from that car.
"Both had taken the same sort of drugs, a mixture of heroin, crack and mamba."
They were planning to and sell some drugs and when they arrived at their destination were two cars.
Mr Heywood said: "For whatever reason there was speculation that they had both been set up, that they were going to be robbed and assaulted or worse."
Ishfaq then sped out from a car parkand was chased by the two other cars
During the half-mile chase through narrow residential streets, Ishfaq drove recklessly, overtaking and narrowly swerving past other cars.
The three cars sped into Rookery Road, Handsworth, where Mrs Droch, was crossing the road.
'CALLOUS DISREGARD'
Mr Heywood added: "Mrs Droch was simply crossing the road at a crossing point.
"She was a much loved member of a large and close and supportive family."
Ishfaq drove the wrong side of a bollard and hit the grandmother, who suffered a depressed wound to the skull.
She died at the scene.
But Ishfaq drove off, at one point stopping with his friend to take more drugs together.
Sentencing Ishfaq, Judge Paul Farrer QC said: "You failed to stop and immediately began to plan how you could avoid responsibility for your actions.
"When you discovered that Mrs Droch had died you reacted with callous disregard.
"The death of Mrs Droch was caused because you involved yourself in drug dealing."
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