A woman who witnessed the crash that killed four members of a London Muslim family testified Wednesday at the trial of Nathaniel Veltman
Salman Afzaal, 46; his wife Madiha Salman, 44; his mother Talat Afzaal, 74; and their daughter Yumnah Afzaal, 15, all died of blunt force trauma injuries, multiple fractures and internal bleeding. A boy, then nine years old, was severely injured, but survived.
Marshall‘s testimony underscored the shock of the crash that happened at about 8:45 p.m., and the chaos that followed. Marshall said she was sitting on her balcony reading a book when she “heard an engine rev.” It was loud enough for her to look toward the intersection.A black pickup truck appeared to speed up, before it left the road at the intersection and hit something, she said.
Marshall said she thought only one person had been hit but then saw people gathering around another person.
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