A delivery driver has described to a jury how a taxi from which a man fell to his death "flew past" him with its passenger door wide open.

Iain Cain died from severe head injuries when he fell from the Toyota Avensis driven by Nazam Khan in October last year.

The jury at Bradford Crown Court has been told that there had been a struggle between the two men as the taxi drove along Halifax Road, in Cullingworth.

Yesterday the court heard evidence from Mark Mullaney, a delivery driver at the nearby Dong Wang Chinese takeaway.

Mr Mullaney said that he ran out of the shop when he saw the taxi through the shop window.

"I remember hearing the sound of an engine revving and wheels screeching," he said. "I turned to look out of the window to see what the sound was. I saw nothing for a second and shortly after that I saw a white car with its passenger door wide open.

"I started to run out of the shop to see what was going on because it's a bit funny a car driving at that speed with its passenger door open. It just flew past the window," he added.

The manager of the takeaway, Kevin Chiu, also ran from the shop when he heard shouting and told the jury that he saw Mr Cain rolling in the road.

"He was more or less unconscious," he told the court.

Mr Chiu said that he then saw the taxi slow down before it accelerated away towards The Fleece roundabout.

Khan, 55, of Ellercroft Terrace, Lidget Green, has pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, and claims that there had been a dispute over the fare and that Mr Cain had grabbed hold of the steering wheel and pulled the handbrake before jumping out.

He told police Mr Cain, 31, who lived with his fiancee at Lodge Street, Cullingworth, was boisterous and in drink and denied that he had been breaking the speed limit.

But prosecutor Nicholas Askins has told the court that tests revealed that Mr Cain was not drunk and that he had over £40 in cash, more than enough to pay the £12 fare.

The trial continues.