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A jury at Mold Crown Court has been told that two brothers were engaged in a high-speed race moments before a fatal car crash that resulted in the death of a father and severe injuries to his young son. The incident occurred on the A483 near Welshpool in November 2024. Rhys Jenkins, a father-of-two from Deuddwr, Powys, died at the scene, while his nine-year-old son Ioan was airlifted to a hospital in Liverpool with serious injuries.
The brothers, 31-year-old Abubakr Ben Yusuf and 35-year-old Umar Ben Yusuf, both deny charges of causing death by dangerous driving. Prosecutor David Mainstone described the pair as “a car crash waiting to happen,” alleging that the siblings had been racing each other over several miles leading up to the collision. The court was informed that eyewitness accounts from ten individuals, who observed the brothers’ vehicles alternating in the lead, would be presented throughout the trial.
According to the prosecution, the fatal crash occurred when Abubakr Ben Yusuf’s red BMW X3 lost control, veered into the opposite lane, and collided head-on with Rhys Jenkins’ Toyota Yaris. The court viewed video footage showing the two cars overtaking a vehicle at high speed, as well as a journey captured in daylight from Newtown to the crash site near Welshpool. One eyewitness, Ryan Jones, who was driving a transit van, recounted how the red BMW aggressively approached him from behind and overtook him dangerously on a bend, followed closely by a blue Audi A4 thought to be driven by Umar Ben Yusuf. Jones estimated the cars were traveling between 80 and 100 mph at this point.
Jones described seeing the BMW begin to “fishtail” and slide unpredictably before hitting the oncoming Toyota. He recalled a “flash of flame” under the bonnet of Jenkins’ car as it spun around and came to rest facing the opposite direction, while the BMW and the Audi stopped nearby. After immediately calling emergency services, Jones assisted in removing the unconscious boy from the wrecked Toyota. He heard someone confirm that the driver had no pulse, concluding the crash’s tragic inevitability given the reckless driving witnessed. Additional expert testimony is expected to confirm that the road conditions were dry and well-maintained at the time and that calculations suggest Abubakr Ben Yusuf was driving in excess of 63 mph at impact. The prosecution emphasized that Rhys Jenkins was unable to avoid the collision and suffered the grave consequences of the brothers’ reckless behavior, noting also that Abubakr Ben Yusuf was uninsured at the time
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