Death crash driver told witness: victims "not my mates"

Sep 18 2008 by Neil Atkinson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

TWO teenagers died in Huddersfield when the car they were travelling in hit a tree at more than 50mph.

An inquest heard yesterday that Jade Rice and Daniel Atkinson, both 17, were killed in the crash at Bradley Road, Bradley, on January 29, 2006.

Members of both Jade and Daniel’s families were in court yesterday. They and Coroner Roger Whittaker heard that the teenagers had been travelling in a Toyota Corolla car driven by Shipley man Mohammed Tanwir.

Mr Tanwir was a support worker for Aspirations, which provides accommodation and support for young people leaving local authority care.

Both teenagers had been in the care of social services and were living in Sherwood Avenue in Bradley, run by Aspirations as a ‘half way house’ to help them on their way to living independently.

Mr Tanwir was employed as a ‘sleep in’ worker, which involved him staying at the house to ensure health and safety and to act as a ‘good neighbour’ to the young people who lived there.