A driver crashed his car into a wall and then fled the scene leaving two of his friends badly injured in the wreckage, Bradford Crown Court heard today.

Mohammed Hamzah Khan was going too fast when he lost control of his white VW Golf just before midnight on Little Horton Lane in Bradford.

He smashed into a brick wall and a parked vehicle on September 23 last year, prosecutor Philip Adams said.

Khan, 22, of Victoria Road, Keighley, had three passengers with him in the car. He ran off leaving one of them with a broken arm and another with a cut to his head.

He then made a 999 call to the police saying his car had been stolen after he left it with the engine running at a cash point. Three hours later, he admitted his deception saying he had panicked.

He made no comment when interviewed by the police but his DNA was on the car’s air-bag and he went on to plead guilty to careless driving, failing to stop after an accident and falsely reporting his car stolen with intent to pervert the course of justice.

Paul Canfield said in mitigation that Khan panicked at the crash scene. He accepted full responsibility for his actions and was very apologetic.

Letters of support spoke of him having learned his lesson and assured the court he would not behave like that again.

The Recorder of Bradford, Richard Mansell QC, said Khan had three passengers on board and was driving too fast for the wet road conditions. He failed to take a bend and ploughed into a brick wall and a parked car.

The fact that two of his passengers were injured, one with a broken arm, ‘spoke volumes.’ Khan made off and then rang the police saying the Golf had been stolen. Three hours later he admitted that the report was false and he went on to plead guilty.

Normally, he could have expected an immediate prison sentence because such offences struck at the heart of the justice system.

But he had no previous convictions and it was clear that he had acted out of panic. He was a hardworking man with support from his family.

Khan was sentenced to four months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, with 100 hours of unpaid work. He must also obey an electronically monitored three-month curfew requirement.

He was banned from driving for 12 months.