Motorbike rider who killed pensioner jailed

Lancashire Police said Green's decision to flee the scene was an attempt to "cover up his actions"

A teenage who performed a wheelie on an electric motorbike moments before a crash that killed a pensioner has been jailed.

Dylan Green, now 20, hit 86-year-old Bart O'Hare, who was crossing the road on his way to get a fish and chip supper in Burnley in March last year.

Green had a passenger and was riding without a helmet or insurance when he hit the pensioner, who was left injured in the road and later died in hospital.

A judge at Preston Crown Court sentenced Green, of Helston Close, Burnley, to eight years and three months for causing death by dangerous driving.

After the crash, Green reportedly went home and told his family about the collision, before returning to the scene, where he was arrested.

Lancashire Police said he was travelling 41% faster than other vehicles on Accrington Road, which has a 30mph speed limit.

Footage played to the court showed Green weaving over the road.

Bart O'Hare was crossing the road on his way to get fish and chips for his tea when he was hit

Mr O'Hare's daughter told the court: "My dad never spent a night in hospital until that day, when his granddaughter took the call.

"We went to the hospital, and we have to live with our final memories, remembering him by the injuries you caused."

She added: "Your selfish attitude was to try and diminish your actions by leaving my dad to suffer so you could get rid of the bike. If you had rung an ambulance instead, today may hold a different outcome for us all."

After the crash, Green returned to the scene, where he was arrested

Sgt Paul McCurrie, from Lancashire Police, said: "Dylan Green rode his e-bike without a care for those around him.

"He was driving recklessly and showing off, performing a wheelie just before he collided with Bart," he said.

"He didn't stay at the scene or identify himself to police, instead, he fled, continuing to drive dangerously as he did so, in attempt to cover up his actions."

Green also received a concurrent sentence of 12 months for a separate drugs offence.