Driver killed girlfriend after Mercedes left road and ploughed into field
A driver who killed his girlfriend in a crash after his car left the road and landed in a field has been jailed.
Varanjot Singh-Kandola, from Wolverhampton, refused to allow police to analyse a blood sample taken from him after the crash.
His girlfriend, 25-year-old Tanvi Makwana, died following the crash which happened near Ashby de la Zouch in January.
Singh-Kandola, of Henwood Road, had previously pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving.
What happened?
The 27-year-old was driving along Loughborough Road, Coleorton, in his Mercedes 220 on January 13 with Miss Makwana his passenger.
The crash happened just before 6am.
Leicestershire Police said a Mercedes was seen overtaking another vehicle on a bend, before later ending up in a field after hitting a lamppost.
Miss Makwana was pronounced dead at the scene.
Singh-Kandola was pulled from the driver’s seat by fire crews and received treatment.
When he arrived at hospital, a blood sample was taken from him to test for alcohol and illegal drugs.
But he did not give permission to have the blood sample analysed by police.
Sentence
He was sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment during a hearing at Leicester Crown Court last Thursday.
He was also given a three-year driving ban to come into effect on his release and ordered to take an extended driving retest.
Detective Constable Paul Bingham, the officer in the case, said: “Singh-Kandola admitted and has been sentenced for causing the death of Miss Makwana by careless driving.
"This was aggravated by the fact he refused to allow the analysis of a blood sample taken from him at the hospital’’.
“The defendant’s extremely poor manner of driving on the day of the incident cost a young woman her life and my thoughts and sympathies remain with the family of Miss Makwana.”
