A BUS driver who witnessed the quad bike crash that killed teenager Rahees Mahmood  told the jury: “It was a dangerous chase that ended up very badly indeed.”

Fiona Patterson said she saw again the ‘horrible’ moment every time she drove past the collision site on Bradford’s Broadstone Way.

Miss Patterson told Bradford Crown Court she was stationary at the junction with Kesteven Way when she saw a quad bike and a silver car travelling past.

The bike was going faster than 30mph so she hung back and it went past chased by the car.

The quad bike rider was standing up and his passenger was sitting down, she said.

She assumed they were racing and then she realised it wasn’t ‘a fun chase’ it was ‘a dangerous chase.’

“People chase each other for fun around the estate and it wasn’t one of those moments,” she said.

The car then obscured the quad bike which very quickly veered left.

“It looked like it had been shunted and not driven left and I saw someone fly up in the air like a rag doll, it was horrible,” Miss Patterson said.

She thought it was a ‘dangerous and aggressive chase’, she told barrister for the Crown, Jason Pitter QC.

Afterwards, she moved the bus to a safe place and called the emergency services. She had passengers on board and saw a number of people surrounding the accident scene.

“I still see it every time I drive past,” she said. “It was a dangerous chase that ended up very badly indeed.

“It was the sheer aggressiveness of it. It (the car) was closing in on the quad bike.”

Jordan Glover, 24, from the Thorpe Edge area of Bradford, pleads not guilty to murder; manslaughter as an alternative count; causing grievous bodily harm with intent; and criminal damage. He admits causing death by dangerous driving.

The court heard statements read out from eye-witnesses, police officers, paramedics and Home Office pathologist Dr Kirsten Hope.

One woman in her garden with her young daughter heard ‘two consecutive bangs.’ She knew a crash had happened and went to the scene to help.

A male was wailing and in a lot of pain while another was motionless. The quad bike was upside down, she said.

She gave the unconscious man CPR until the police and paramedics arrived.

A trained first aider used his defibrillator to try to save Mr Mahmood. He said the quad bike was ‘a total wreck’ and smelling of fuel.

Police officers used CPR in a bid to save Mr Mahmood who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Home Office Pathologist, Dr Kirsten Hope, said the cause of death was a catastrophic head injury consistent with a road traffic collision. Mr Mahmood would have been immediately unconscious and the injury would rapidly have proved fatal.

The bike rider, Tommy-Lee Haigh, 19, was hospitalised with multiple fractures. He has declined to take part in the trial process.

Mr Pitter said that the Holme Wood area was beset by tensions at the time, between the ‘top enders’ and the ‘bottom enders.’

Shortly before the collision, there was criminality when a Volkswagen Golf was damaged. A Nissan Terrano was collected soon after 3.40pm and driven around Bradford. Ten minutes later, it went to Broadstone Way where the Golf was deliberately rammed causing extensive damage. The Terrano was then set on fire and burnt out.

Mr Pitter said the damage to the Golf had caused ‘rising tension.’

Glover went ‘in hot pursuit’ of the quad bike. His driving was allegedly ‘determined, dangerous and deliberate.’

“We say a proper conclusion is that he deliberately drove into that quad bike,” Mr Pitter said, throwing the rider and passenger off it.

The trial continues.