Jail for van driver who killed student Aalia Mahomed when he put electric van into the wrong gear

A van driver who killed a university student when he put his electric Transit into drive instead of reverse has been jailed for eight years. Christopher Jackson, 27, had never driven the vehicle before and was confused by the gears, the Old Bailey heard. He panicked as the van accelerated and then pressed the accelerator and not the brake. Gifted student Aalia Mahomed, 20, was sitting on a bench outside King’s College London when she was hit by Jackson as…