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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 crash in South Yorkshire.
Jonathan Earp was in a car ahead of the Toyota Corolla at the time of the crash on 15 November. Their car collided head-on with another vehicle on the A630 near Conisbrough on 15 November, 2014.
He said when he got to the car all the teenagers except his friend Arpad Kore were unconscious. Doncaster coroner Nicola Mundy ruled that each of the five teenager's deaths was accidental.
"He was screaming out in pain and begging me not to leave him," Mr Earp told Doncaster Coroners' Court. The other car driver was injured.
Jonathan Earp was in a car ahead of the Toyota Corolla at the time of the crash.
Giving evidence at the inquest, he said when he got to the vehicle 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 the 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 Ms Mundy said she agreed with collision investigators that the most likely cause of the accident was that Mr Bortniczak took his foot off the accelerator as he negotiated a right-hand bend, causing a classic case of "lift-off over-steer".
The five teenagers died after their car collided head-on with a grey Seat Leon on the A630. The car, which had been travelling at about 73mph in a 60mph zone, skidded and was side-on when it hit the Seat.
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. Tests showed the car would have been able to safely take the bend at that speed if the driver had kept his foot on the accelerator.
Both cars had then set off in foggy conditions towards Conisbrough but Mr Earp denied the cars had been racing each other. 'High price'
A witness, Michael Staton, had earlier said in a statement the cars had been revving their engines. Recording her conclusion, Ms Mundy said: "It was the most tragic of accidents. Five young people, who had their lives ahead of them, losing their lives in these circumstances.
"It was obvious they were racing each other away from the lights," he said. "I do not think there were any signs of recklessness. It was a mistake and a high price was paid for it."
Mr Earp said the two vehicles had never been side-by-side. The crash happened after the five friends met up with two others - Ben York and Jonathan Earp - who were in a Vauxhall Corsa.
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. The court heard there had been an investigation into whether the cars had been racing after one witness, Michael Staton, said he had seen two unidentified vehicles at traffic lights revving their engines and then "set off like a dragster start".
"It wasn't there one minute and the car was there the next," he said. Mr York, the driver of the Corsa, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving but never prosecuted.
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. But the coroner said: "I do not think there's evidence of them racing or being reckless on the road."
Agnieszka Bortniczak said when he had left that evening he was his "usual, cheerful, happy self". Ms Mundy said she would be writing to Doncaster Council to ask it to consider moving the transition from 60mph to 40mph on the A630 further away from Conisbrough.
The inquest continues.