Fiona Phippen, 45, has been jailed for killing 20-year-old Urwah Tanveer after crashing into the forecourt of an A1 service station14:31, 15 Jun 2026Updated 21:07, 15 Jun 2026A driver who careered off the A1 into a service station forecourt and killed a "much-loved" student has been jailed for four years and three months.‌Fiona Phippen, 45, was driving at up to 51mph when she hit Urwah Tanveer, 20, a psychology student, as she stood next to her family’s stationary Mercedes at Foston Services near Grantham, Lincolnshire, in June 2024.‌Phippen, of Church Close in Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, pleaded guilty in April to causing both death and serious injury by dangerous driving.‌At Lincoln Crown Court on Monday, the mum of two sobbed in the dock as the court heard how her victim had been planning her graduation ceremony before she was killed.Jurors were shown "graphic and shocking" CCTV footage of Phippen’s Nissan Qashqai striking Urwah, who died in hospital a day after the crash.‌Judge Simon Hirst heard that Phippen missed Urwah’s brother by inches and caused injuries to the hand, chest and ribs of her 83-year-old grandmother, who was sitting inside the Mercedes.Phippen claimed she was distracted by another vehicle on the northbound A1 immediately before the collision, which took place in "perfect road conditions" on the afternoon of June 29, 2024.Urwah, from London, had achieved a 2.1 at Queen Mary's University in London and hoped to work in the NHS, the court heard.‌Evidence presented to the court suggested Phippen was using cruise control and failed to brake in the six seconds after she left the A1, travelling at a "effectively constant" speed of between 41mph and 51mph.Sentencing, Judge Hirst said it was accepted that a six-minute WhatsApp video call, using a mobile in a holder on the dashboard, had ended 38 seconds before the crash.The judge told Phippen: "Exactly why this collision occurred is still unclear. I have heard from Urwah’s parents and sister. It is clear from everything I have heard and have read about her that she was much loved and will be missed for a very long time to come."‌He added: "For over six minutes before the collision you were on the phone in a video call. That ended 38 seconds before the collision. It ended 32 seconds before you left the carriageway [off the A1 onto the slip road]. It is plain to me that you had insufficient awareness of what was going on around you on the A1."Phippen was banned from driving for seven years and six weeks.Urwah's parents and sister read victim impact statements describing their grief. Her mother, Nahail Idris, an NHS worker who was in a nearby shop at the time of the crash, held up a photograph of her "always smiling" daughter as she addressed the court.Article continues belowShe said: "My daughter was killed in front of my eyes. Having subsequently seen the video footage, I realise how close Phippen came to killing two of my children."I now exist with a constant scream within me. I will live with this trauma and the loss of my daughter for the rest of my life. My life will now always be about what Urwah never got to do."Looking towards Phippen, the mother said: "This is my life sentence and my family’s life sentence."