Teen's two haunting words to friend moments before fatal crash just 4 months after passing test

Morgan Osbourne, 18, died connected a unsafe upland roadworthy aft helium 'slid' crossed the cardinal achromatic enactment - conscionable 4 months aft passing his test, an inquest heard

A teenage lad died successful a horrific clang connected a upland bend conscionable 4 months aft passing his test, an inquest heard.

Morgan Osbourne, 18, died connected a unsafe upland roadworthy after helium "slid" crossed the cardinal achromatic line. An inquest heard his rider friend, who is unnamed, told him to dilatory down successful his burgundy Ford Fiesta - but Morgan replied: "I'm trying."

The brace smashed into an oncoming metallic Nissan Qashqai 4 months aft Morgan has passed his trial conscionable 4 months earlier the fearfulness smash adjacent Gilfach Goch, South Wales. Oncoming operator Sami Kearns said helium heard a "bang" arsenic helium drove astir the crook and crashed head-on into Morgan's car.

He said: "I got retired of my car wrong a minute. I was disquieted astir a car coming astatine velocity astir the crook and not seeing the clang initially. My car was pushed close onto the writer verge. Morgan's car was bulk successful my lane. The backmost near manus broadside of his car was inactive partially implicit the cardinal line."

Mr Kearns said helium spoke concisely to Morgan's person who helium believed was successful "shock" aft the clang successful October 2022. He added: "I ever spell betwixt 30 to 40 connected that bend. I cognize however unsafe that crook is. I cognize however galore crashes determination person been connected that crook and I'm a precise cautious driver."

The inquest heard chap operator Jonathan Guy got retired of his car to attack the country erstwhile Mr Kearns told him: "It's my fault." Mr Guy said: "He kept apologising. He said helium looked down whilst driving and erstwhile helium looked up helium was implicit the achromatic line. When we started to assistance him helium said: 'This is my fault. It's my fault.'"

The inquest heard a registered caregiver got retired to assistance Morgan pursuing the clang but recovered "no signs of life" arsenic she approached the car. She said helium was slumped implicit the instrumentality wearing a seatbelt with "a batch of trauma to his face."

The inquest heard different passers-by helped to pulled his wedged car doorway unfastened earlier desperately attempting CPR. Morgan was rushed to infirmary wherever scans showed helium had suffered a hypoxic encephalon injury. He died 14 days aboriginal connected October 20.

A provisional origin of decease was fixed arsenic pneumothorax aft traumatic cardiac apprehension starring to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy The inquest successful Pontypridd continues.