A SPEEDING, ‘reckless’ learner driver died after he tried to overtake friends on a dangerous bend.

Shaban Hussain, 29, was said to have been driving at about 70mph when the manoeuvre went fatally wrong.

A Huddersfield inquest was told yesterday that both cars overturned.

At the inquest yesterday West Yorkshire deputy coroner Mark Hinchliffe said Mr Hussain was a reckless driver.

He added: “This was a grossly dangerous piece of driving. The consequences were so predictable and so likely it was hard to see that it was just an accident.

“He had never passed a driving test and he drove with a reckless disregard for his own safety and that of others.”

The hearing was told that Mr Hussain had just finished work at a Scissett takeaway last November 12 and was driving home to Chapel Fold in Batley when the accident happened at 1am on Wakefield Road, Clayton West.

Mr Hussain was driving a Toyota Carina and tried to overtake a Nissan Micra being driven by Munir Ahmed. As he approached the bend he lost control of his car.

Crash investigator Pc Alan Broadbent said it was possible that Mr Hussain had seen an oncoming car and tried to quickly cut back in.

But he clipped the Micra and sped off the road, overturning seven times before coming to a halt in a field.

Pathologist Dr Andrew Jackson said Mr Hussain would have died instantly from spinal cord injuries.

Mr Ahmed told the inquest he didn’t notice Mr Hussain until he cut into his car. He denied they were racing, saying they had left work at different times.

Passenger Umar Ditta said he was playing a game on his phone until he heard Mr Ahmed say ‘What the heck’.

He then looked up to see a car at the side of them.

Mr Ditta said: “I could see Shaban’s car coming at the side of us. The next thing he hit us and we started to spin and overturn.”

He added: “He is not the type of person to have races.”

Mr Hinchliffe recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.