Schoolboy Nahid Islam, 15, killed

Pic:Nahid Islam, 15 
Crime reporter(wp/es):

A schoolboy was killed as he cycled to the shops to collect a cake for his 16th birthday party, his heartbroken family revealed today.

Nahid Islam, 15, was cycling close to a zebra crossing near his home in Belsize Park, north London, on Saturday afternoon when he was hit by an oncoming motorcycle. 

Paramedics battled to save him at the roadside but the Regent High School pupil was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple injuries at 2.40pm.

Devastated family members told the Standard the “loveable” teenager had been rushing to meet his mother to help bring home the cake for a party the following afternoon.

Dozens of friends and relatives gathered last night for a vigil at the junction on Malden Road and Queen’s  Crescent, half a mile from the family’s home, which has been covered in a sea of floral tributes, candles and birthday balloons.

Nahid’s father, Mohammed Fokrul Islam, 50, said he “would never forget” his cricket-loving son and proudly spoke of how the teenager had already memorised the Koran.

His older brother, Sunny Rahman, a 21-year-old student, said: “He was the best little brother, he was loved by everyone. 

“No one would had a bad word to say about him never once saw him angry in his entire life.”

Relatives said Nahid’s mother, Sultana Begum, was in a state of shock after following a crowd of people to the junction to see her youngest son lying in the middle of the road.

His cousin, Lupa Kazi, 19, said: “She fainted. She’s not eating or anything, she’s in such a state.

“He was a mummy’s boy. He was someone you could rely on – he always put other people before himself.

“All his school friends came down and were crying and saying ‘We can’t imagine history lessons without him.’”

Prayers were said yesterday at the nearby Baitul Amman mosque and also by family members in Bangladesh for the teenager.

Another cousin, Shomon Rahman, said: “He was so jolly all the time. Every time he laughed, you would laugh with him.

“His mum called him up and said, ‘It’s quite a big cake, I need your help to carry it.’ He must have been rushing.”

Witness Hayley Hemingway Hare, who passed the scene soon after the accident happened, said: “People were shaking, saying they felt sick and looking white as sheets.

“It’s bad enough when it’s an adult but when you find out its a teenager it hits you so much harder.”

A Met police spokesman said: “Officers are appealing for anyone who was in the area and witnessed the collision, or the events leading up to the collision, to contact police.

“In particular, officers are keen to trace a white Vauxhall Mokka which stopped at a pedestrian crossing just in front of where the collision occurred. This car was not involved in the collision but the occupants may have seen what happened.”

The motorcyclist stopped at the scene and was not injured in the crash. There have been no arrests.