A HEARTBROKEN Sheffield mum wept as she told an inquest how she watched in horror as her four-year-old son was mown down by a reversing taxi.

Hishaam Ifzal Mohammed died following the tragedy outside his home on Cuthbert Bank Road, off Langsett Road, Hillsborough, in August last year.

A Sheffield inquest heard the little boy had been trying to wave to a friend when he was struck by the cab.

In floods of tears his mum Rhinell Wilson said: "Hishaam let go of my hand when he saw his friend waving from a tram and ran to wave back.
"I saw the back of the cab coming and I shouted. The driver was reversing.

"I tried to shout but he didn't hear me, he didn't hear me."

Ms Wilson said, her son, and her six-year-old daughter had just returned from a shopping trip to Castle Market in the city centre when the collision happened. The little girl had been complaining of being tired, so they decided to come home in a black cab rather than on the tram.

When the taxi pulled up in a cul-de-sac outside their home Ms Wilson discovered she didn't have enough money.

She agreed with the driver that she would take her shopping and son but leave her sleeping daughter in the cab until she returned with the cash.
They left the taxi via the back door on the driver's side, and Ms Wilson was holding Hishaam's hand.

But, as they walked behind the cab, he pulled free as she struggled with her shopping. Moments later Hishaam was struck by the cab which was reversing into a car park to turn around.

Hishaam was taken to Sheffield Children's Hospital where he died a few hours later from head injuries.

Taxi driver Ghulum Rasul, a cabbie with 37 years' experience, is facing a charge of driving without due care and attention at Sheffield Magistrates' Court next month.

He told the inquest he had checked his mirrors and looked over his shoulder as he reversed, but the first he knew Hishaam had been hit was when Ms Wilson came shouting at his window.

Police tests confirmed the boy had been in the taxi driver's blind spot as he reversed.

Mr Rasul said he knew the taxi had a blind spot and that he could see Miss Wilson standing on her own. He said he assumed Hishaam had run off home in front of her.

Mr Rasul was asked why he chose to reverse into the car park instead of driving into it to turn round, and said he preferred to reverse.
Coroner Donald Coutts-Wood recorded a narrative verdict.

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