Man in stolen car crashed head-on into BMW after hurtling through streets of Hull

'HIGHLY DANGEROUS MANOEUVRES'

- By MARK NAYLOR

A SPEEDING driver hurtled through city streets and recklessly overtook other vehicles before suddenly crashing head-on into another car during a hair-raising and “highly dangerous” late-night episode.

Impulsive and immature Lee Carmichael quickly saw a great chance to take the car when he spotted that the driver had left the engine running and the keys inside while he delivered food to a friend nearby. The man realised to his horror what was happening and desperately tried to stand in front of his car in a doomed bid to prevent it from being stolen, Hull Crown Court heard.

Carmichael, 20, of Sledmere Grove, west Hull, admitted aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving and having no insurance and driving licence on March 2.

Abigail Rowley, prosecuting, said that, after 10pm, a man collected some food for a friend and arrived with it in a blue Renault Clio in Beverley Road, Hull. He left the engine running and the keys in the ignition.

Carmichael got out of another vehicle and sat in the driver's seat of the man’s car. The driver reacted by running towards his car, grabbing the front bumper and shouting: “Stop! Stop!”