Driver, 23, accused of causing death of beauty therapist in crash is remanded in custody

The driver of a Range Rover accused of causing the death of a beauty therapist in a crash has been remanded in custody after his family were unable to raise £250,000 for bail.

Rida Kazem, 23, is charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a horror crash that killed Yagmur Ozden, 33, on the A40 in west London on August 22 last year.

The mother-of-one died after Kazem’s black Range Rover became airborne and somersaulted over a Tesla charging station before landing on the rail tracks at Park Royal underground station – with the incident caught on dash cam.

Kazem, a jewellery shop manager, appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court today in a wheelchair after having his leg amputated following the crash.

Rida Kazem (pictured outside court today) is charged with causing death by dangerous driving following the horror crash in west London

Yagmur Ozden, a mother-of-one, died at the scene of the crash at Park Royal Underground Station in August last year

He was remanded in custody after his family were unable to raise the £250,000 bail money required by the court.

The district judge had given his father until 4pm to deposit the money, but they informed the court they could not raise that amount.

Kazem will next appear at the Old Bailey for a pre-trial hearing. 

Beauty therapist Ozden, who had a 12-year-old daughter, died at the scene after being ejected from the rear seat of the car.

An inquest opening was told she died from blunt force trauma.

Another passenger Zamarod Arif suffered a fractured arm and leg. Kazem suffered major injuries and had his left leg amputated after spending several weeks in a coma at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington.

Kazem has also been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to provide a sample of blood.

The Range Rover horror crash which saw the £180,000 car mangled on a London tube track (pictured: Park Royal)

Rida Kazem arrives at Uxbridge Magistrates Court in a wheelchair

The 4×4 careered off the road, smashed into a Tesla charging station (pictured) and into a parked Tesla

Flowers were attached to the railings where the 4×4 Range Rover smashed through to eventually land on the tube tracks at Park Royal station

The judge sent the case to the Old Bailey for a pre-trial hearing on February 7th.

Kazem was remanded in custody after his family were unable to raise the £250,000 bail money required by the court.

The district judge had given his father until 4pm to deposit the money. They informed the court they could not raise that amount.

Kazem will next appear at the Old Bailey for a pre-trial hearing.