BMW driver taking mates to a party killed man, 31, after 'losing control' and crashing car before fleeing the scene

A BMW driver taking a group of mates to a party took a man's life and seriously injured another in a horrific car crash. Usher Donson, 27, 'lost control' and swerved onto the wrong side of the road before smashing into another car and a van in the morning of November 4 2021.

A trial heard how Donson had left the Bloom bar, on Bloom Street in Manchester, with three people in the rear of the car and another passenger sat in the front. He was driving a silver BMW 320D.

The group were planning on travelling to Bury to attend a party and drove along the M602 and the M60. After leaving the motorway, CCTV footage showed how the the vehicle 'lost control' and moved to the wrong side of the road before smashing into a Renault Megane and Ford Transit Van on Bury New Road at around 6.05am.

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Donson and the front seat passenger then got out of the driver's door side before running away from the collision scene, leaving the other three passengers in the back. They ran towards a nearby estate, with CCTV footage showing a taxi leaving the area a short time later.

Police said Donson had been 'evading capture' and making it 'extremely difficult' to be located following the fatal collision, as he 'moved back and forth between areas in southern England'. He was eventually arrested at a flat in Luton in August 2022.

The three passengers in the back of the car were rushed to Salford Royal Hospital from the scene. Aaron Jarvis, 31, died later that morning. A second passenger suffered a ruptured spleen and bone fractures.

Following Aaron's death, who was a bar manager in the Gay Village, heartfelt tributes were paid to the 'free-spirited'