Carlton Crash: Gulet Mohammed Ahmed sentenced for horror Lygon St crash that killed Katherine Osborne

A drugged-up driver who killed an “intelligent and capable” teenager has been handed an “imposing” sentence for his shocking crime.

A Melbourne motorist who killed an “intelligent and capable” teenager while driving high on ice has been jailed.

Essendon’s Gulet Mohammed Ahmed appeared in the County Court on Wednesday wearing a grey jumper where he was jailed for 14 years and nine months over the fatal Lygon St crash that claimed the life of Katherine Osborne.

Ahmed was high on ice when he claimed the life of Katherine Osborne after he crashed into the car carrying her and her parents. Supplied: 7News

Ahmed was four times over the legal alcohol limit and high on ice when he ran three red lights before slamming into Katherine’s car on March 11 last year.

Katherine, who studied at Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar was travelling with her parents on Lygon St when Ahmed hit them in his Volkswagen.

Katherine Osborne was a Year 12 student Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School. Supplied: 7News

Katherine sustained brain damage and died in the hospital four days after the crash and her parents Alexandra and Michael Osborne were also seriously injured.

Ms Osborne said she was in “utter disbelief” about losing her “beautiful” daughter in such a “traumatic and senseless way”.

Ahmed was driving a Volkswagen when he crashed on Lygon St / Elgin St in Carlton. Picture: Supplied/ 7News.

On Wednesday, Judge Anne Hassan said there was no sentence she could impose that would undo the “tragic” events of the day.

“Katherine was the only child … she was intelligent and a capable young girl,” Judge Hassan said.

“She had so much to offer to the community.”

Judge Hassan said the sentence she was imposing was “not measuring the worth of Katherine’s life” but of Ahmed’s actions and the principle of sentencing.

Stills from the crash that killed Katherine Osborne. Supplied: 7News.

The court heard before smashing into the family car carrying Katherine on Lygon St, Ahmed collided with another car, causing minimal damage.

“If you stopped (driving after that collision) what happened to Katherine (could be avoided),” Judge Hassan said.

“You were a danger to anyone unfortunate enough to collide with you that day.”

The court heard Ahmed, 40, was born in Somalia before he moved to Australia aged 10, had minimal to no support from his family and had a “history of emotional neglect”.

Judge Hassan said Ahmed’s “abysmal” behaviour was “very serious”.

“A message must be sent to those who get behind the wheel while intoxicated. I denounce your conduct on behalf of the community,” she said.

Ahmed was handed a non-parole period of 10 years and nine months with 648 days reckoned as time served.