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A West Yorkshire driver who almost killed his passenger when his speeding car hit a wall and erupted into a ball of flames has been jailed for more than two years.

Tabish Khan, 23, was racing at high speed with three other vehicles around Bradford when he lost control of his powerful Audi RS3, which he’d taken out for a test drive.

Footage played in court shows Khan pulling off the “suicidal manoeuvre” as he drives on the wrong side of the road and fails to round a corner, before the car explodes.

Prosecutor Richard Walters said the incident took place on February 21 last year when the roads were wet and particularly poor for driving.

Tabish Khan, 23, has been jailed for more than two years after his speeding car hit a wall and burst into flames

A policeman who was parked up nearby with a speed camera device estimated that the cars were travelling at over 100mph as they approached him.

And as the officer set off in his pursuit vehicle, he saw “a flash of fire” from the vicinity of a nearby Skoda garage and realised that the Audi had crashed.

Mr Walters said the officer came across a scene of “carnage” with the Audi’s engine ripped out of the vehicle and burning on the road six feet away.

Khan and his friend, Mohammed Shah, were both unconscious in the written-off Audi and the officer used a fire extinguisher to put out the burning engine.

Mr Walters said two Golf vehicles initially stopped at the scene to watch, but they then drove off.

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Both men were treated in hospital for multiple injuries with Mr Shah suffering fractures to his face, pelvis, legs and hip.

Khan, of Moorlands Avenue, Bradford, broke his ankle, shoulder and ribs and also suffered a punctured lung.

West Yorkshire driver almost killed passenger when speeding car crashed and burst into flames