Boy, 9, fighting for life after thugs mow him down in car then beat up and mug brave passer-by who tried to stop them running away

  • A silver Mazda 3 ploughed into him as he played on his bike last night
  • His life support machine maybe switched off if treatment doesn’t work
  • 21-year-old man arrested after walking into a police station this morning

By
Emily Allen

07:31 EST, 27 June 2012

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10:32 EST, 27 June 2012

A nine-year-old boy is fighting for his life today after a gang of thugs mowed him down and left him for dead and then beat up and mugged a passer-by who tried to stop them.

Radwan Uddin is in a critical condition in intensive care and may have his life support machine switched off if he does not respond to treatment.

A silver Mazda 3 ploughed into him as he played on a bike with his older brother on Tuesday evening sending him flying 20 yards down the residential street in East Ham, east London.

This morning a 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of
dangerous driving, failing to stop after an accident and grievous bodily
harm after he walked into a nearby police station.

He remains in police custody.

Police markings and blood stains on Woodhouse Grove, East Ham

Crime scene: Police markings and blood stains on Woodhouse Grove, East Ham where a gang of thugs mowed down a nine-year-old boy and left him for dead before beating up a passer-by who tried to stop them

Police said a silver Mazda, registration LV58 SRX, was found dumped near the scene later on.

Radwan, who friends described as a ‘really lovely boy,’ suffered a heart attack and head injuries and witnesses said he blood coming out of his ear and no pulse when the ambulance turned up.

The car, believed to have been driven by three Asian men, then smashed into another car shunting it down the street. The trio then got out and ran away from the scene leaving the boy fighting for his life.

Neighbours said locals tried to stop them but one man was beaten up and mugged when he got in their way.

The boy’s 12-year-old brother Mufhuj was also hit but escaped with minor injuries.

Sultan Ahmed, 59, said he heard a big bang at around 8pm and came running out his house.

He
said: ‘The boy and his brother were playing on a bike when the car came
really fast and hit them. The younger boy went flying over the
handlebars. After they hit him the car hit a parked car and shunted it down the road then they got out and ran off.

‘We’ve
had a few accidents round here but this is by far the worst one. I’ve
got a nine-year-old son and I couldn’t sleep last night thinking it
could have been him.’

Police markings, indicating the position of the victims head (H) and feet (F) and blood stains on Woodhouse Grove

Residential: Police markings indicating the position of the victims head (H) and feet (F) on Woodhouse Grove, a residential road in East Ham. A 21-year-old man has now been arrested in connection with last night’s incident

Another
local, who lives in Woodhouse Grove right near where it happened, said
her sister-in-law, who is a paediatric nurse rushed out to try and help
him.

The 22-year-old, who did not want to
be named, said: ‘All we heard was the car’s screeching engine. It was
literally flying over the speed humps. It must have been going 40mph in a
20mph zone. Then we heard a crash.

‘My
sister-in-law ran out. She was trying to give him first aid. His
breathing was very shallow. At one point he stopped breathing.

‘He was bleeding from the back of his head and there was blood coming from his ear.

“We
called an ambulance. It took about 10 minutes to arrive but it felt
like forever. When they did come they had to start CPR as they couldn’t
feel a pulse.

‘It was awful. The family were all crying. The mum couldn’t even stand up, she was on the floor. Then they took him to hospital.’

The woman said as the drivers fled members of the public tried to stop them getting away. She added: ‘One guy tried to stop them and he ended up being beaten up and mugged before they legged it.’

The family, who live in nearby Shelley Avenue, were keeping a vigil at Radwan’s bedside at the Royal London Hospital where his condition is still ‘critical.’

But friend Farjana Begum said: ‘They told us he’s on a life support machine in intensive care. They were going to give him an injection but if it doesn’t work the doctors said there is nothing more they can do.

‘I hope he pulls through. He’s a really lovely boy.’

Detective Inspector Mark Cam, from Scotland Yard’s
Chadwell Heath Road Death Investigation unit, said: ‘The driver left a nine-year-old boy lying in the road fighting for his life.’

Anyone with information should call officers on 020 8597 4874 or phone Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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If caught, their “punishment” will be 2 weeks community service cleaning up a park. For this, they will show up twice, do perhaps a half hour’s work each time, then never show up again. No action will be taken. That will end the affair – and the perps will consider it a huge lark. Such is “law enforcement” in the UK.

Even if they will get caught with the current UK laws all they will get is a fine and may be community service for 6 months! Also only the driver will be fined, not the passengers. And yet everyone in the UK criticize Middle East or Asian justice system…

The driver will probably get Community Service and a council house thrown in!!
Best wishes to the family!!

@ Welcome to Britain… – Anon, Anon, 27/6/2012 18:15………….. This does not just happen in Britain, read some of the international newspapers, I have, Sydney had two such cases in one week – this is the world we live in !

Don’t worry the judges will let him go it is them and this pathetic government who are destroying our country. We need a new party that will stand up for what the voters want not the existing shambles.

I suppose I’ll get loads of red arrows, but whenever I read of such horrors committed upon young, innocent children, a question comes to mind through my rage:
“Where was God? You know, that absolutely all-powerful being who cares about all little children, sees everything – and can work miracles. If he is so mighty, how can he allow such vile things to happen, when we are told he could stretch out his hand and prevent them?”

who could honestly do something like this then drive away? – are you really that gutless? – or do you not care? my heart goes out to this child and his/her family – I pray to god – if there is one! that they get better and those that caused this and run away get what’s coming to them.

so sad..shocking to hear..hope the young boy gets better..all the best to him and his family..god bless.

what kind of animals do this to a little boy? not only to injure him but to leave him for dead? pure evil. that poor little boy, i hope he recovers.

Poor wee boy. I really hope he makes it. As to the degenerates who did this, when they are caught the only rights they should be given are their last rites. I pray that the little boy recovers.

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