A DRIVER suffered a broken neck and destroyed three cars in a crash after being seen travelling at speeds of more than 70mph on a busy main road.

Sheroze Khan had fled from police before causing the crash in Bury Road, Radcliffe, on April 2 last year.

Today he was jailed for 58 weeks for dangerous driving, driving without insurance and driving whilst disqualified.

Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard how at around 5.50pm officers saw Khan driving a black Peugeot 206 on Dale Street in Radcliffe and he failed to give way and was not wearing a seatbelt.

The officer activated his lights and sirens but Khan did not stop, leading to the pursuit through Radcliffe.

When on Bury Road the police lost sight of Khan because he was travelling so fast and one eyewitness estimated he was driving at 80mph in the 30mph area shortly before the crash.

At one point Khan went to overtake and collided with a Vauxhall Corsa, being driven by June Murphy, travelling in the opposite direction and sent her car spinning on to a grass verge.

Khan's car also started to spin and collided with a Renault Clio, being driven by a Lesley Stott and his own car also spun around.

When police arrived they found Khan on the ground next to the vehicle after he had been flung out of the passenger side window.

Khan, aged 23 and of Bury Road in Radcliffe, was found without his shoes which were still underneath the pedals of the car.

He was rushed to hospital where he was treated for a broken neck and a bleed on the brain

Miss Murphy suffered injuries in the crash and required treatment from a physiotherapist and in a statement read in court by prosecuting barrister Joshua Bowker, she said she now avoids Bury Road.

Mr Stott was also injured and required hospital treatment.

The court heard how Khan has a previous conviction of dangerous driving from 2016 and has also been sentenced for driving whilst disqualified in the past.

David Morton, defending Khan, said his client was sorry for what he had done and was extremely remorseful and his life has also been impacted by the crash and the injuries he suffered.

Judge Recorder Peter Atherton described the incident as 'somewhere close' to the worst standard of dangerous driving you could see.

Khan was disqualified from driving for two years and 29 weeks.