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| Conisbrough crash victim 'begged' friend for help | Conisbrough crash victim 'begged' friend for help |
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| A teenager has described how his friend, killed alongside four teenagers in a car crash, begged him for help. | A teenager has described how his friend, killed alongside four teenagers in a car crash, begged him for help. |
| Arpad Kore and Bartosz Bortniczak, both 18, and Jordanna Goodwin, Megan Storey, and Blake Cairns, all 16, died in the two-car crash near Conisbrough. | Arpad Kore and Bartosz Bortniczak, both 18, and Jordanna Goodwin, Megan Storey, and Blake Cairns, all 16, died in the two-car crash near Conisbrough. |
| Jonathan Earp was in a car ahead of the Toyota Corolla at the time of the crash on 15 November. | Jonathan Earp was in a car ahead of the Toyota Corolla at the time of the crash on 15 November. |
| He said when he got to the car all the teenagers except his friend Arpad Kore were unconscious. | He said when he got to the car all the teenagers except his friend Arpad Kore were unconscious. |
| "He was screaming out in pain and begging me not to leave him," Mr Earp told Doncaster Coroners' Court. | "He was screaming out in pain and begging me not to leave him," Mr Earp told Doncaster Coroners' Court. |
| He said he was unable to open the car doors and held his friend's hand until the emergency services arrived. | He said he was unable to open the car doors and held his friend's hand until the emergency services arrived. |
| Not racing | Not racing |
| The five teenagers died after their car collided head-on with a grey Seat Leon on the A630. | The five teenagers died after their car collided head-on with a grey Seat Leon on the A630. |
| Mr Earp said he and the driver of the Vauxhall Corsa he was in had met up with the five teenagers earlier in the evening in the Balby area of Doncaster. | Mr Earp said he and the driver of the Vauxhall Corsa he was in had met up with the five teenagers earlier in the evening in the Balby area of Doncaster. |
| Both cars had then set off in foggy conditions towards Conisbrough but Mr Earp denied the cars had been racing each other. | Both cars had then set off in foggy conditions towards Conisbrough but Mr Earp denied the cars had been racing each other. |
| A witness, Michael Staton, had earlier said in a statement the cars had been revving their engines. | A witness, Michael Staton, had earlier said in a statement the cars had been revving their engines. |
| "It was obvious they were racing each other away from the lights," he said. | "It was obvious they were racing each other away from the lights," he said. |
| Mr Earp said the two vehicles had never been side-by-side. | Mr Earp said the two vehicles had never been side-by-side. |
| Gary Ward, 45, who was driving the Seat Leon and was injured in the collision, said the Toyota had appeared ahead of him and was sideways across the road. | Gary Ward, 45, who was driving the Seat Leon and was injured in the collision, said the Toyota had appeared ahead of him and was sideways across the road. |
| "It wasn't there one minute and the car was there the next," he said. | "It wasn't there one minute and the car was there the next," he said. |
| The mother of Bartosz Bortniczak, who was driving the Toyota, said in a statement her son had passed his test six months prior to the crash. | |
| Agnieszka Bortniczak said when he had left that evening he was his "usual, cheerful, happy self". | Agnieszka Bortniczak said when he had left that evening he was his "usual, cheerful, happy self". |
| The inquest continues. | The inquest continues. |