Actor Reiss suffered 'unsurvivable' injuries in double death crash

At the time the car hit the tree it was travelling at 58mph

Oldham actor Reiss Jarvis was killed after his friend was speeding and 'lost control' of his car, crashing into a tree.

An inquest heard that Reiss, who was just 21, suffered multiple 'unsurvivable' injuries when the car careered off Huddersfield Road in Delph.

He was a front-seat passenger in a Mazda 3 when it hit a tree before plunging down an embankment, leaving the two men trapped inside.

Reiss was pronounced dead at the scene while the driver, Karl Young, was taken to hospital where he later died.

Rochdale Coroner’s Court heard that analysis of the vehicle's airbag showed the Mazda had been travelling at 110mph just seconds before the crash - more than double the 50mph speed limit.

At the time the car hit the tree it was travelling at 58mph.

The friends were returning to Oldham after visiting a fish shop in Marsden, West Yorkshire, in November last year.

Toxicology results showed that Mr Young had not been impaired by alcohol or drugs at the time of the crash.

The inquest was told that Mr Jarvis and Mr Young had been friends for about six years and were working together at The Grill at No. 20 in Oldham town centre at the time of their deaths. 

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