Man gets two-and-half years suspended sentence for Indian origin girl's death in car crash

A 39-year-old man found guilty of causing the death of an Indian-origin woman with his dangerous driving in west London has been sentenced to two and half years' imprisonment by a UK court.

John McGovern, who had claimed to have blacked out just before crashing into Himanshi Gupta and her friend in January 2017, will not have to serve jail time right away unless he breaks any of the conditions within a one-year period of the "suspended sentence".

McGovern was further ordered to undertake 200 hours of unpaid community work, disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to pay GBP 4,200 in costs at a hearing in Isleworth Crown Court in the western suburbs of London earlier this week.

"McGovern's dangerous driving had catastrophic consequences that day, resulting in the tragic loss of a young woman's life and serious injuries to another. After the collision, McGovern failed to stop at the scene. Not once did he call 999 (emergency services)," said Scotland Yard Detective Constable .