Driver cleared over death of teenage girl

  A motorist who killed a teenage girl as she crossed the road has been cleared of causing her death by dangerous driving. Raqueeb Karim, 25, collided with Fahmida Zaman, 17, as she crossed through slow moving traffic on The Broadway in Stratford. The victim suffered catastrophic head injuries after she was struck and launched into the air on 6 July 2015. She died three days later in hospital despite the best efforts of medics, the Old Bailey heard. Her…