Man jailed after causing death by dangerous driving

A driver who caused the death of a man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.

Usher Donson (29/05/1996) was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving. 

Donson was also given a 10-year disqualification from driving. 

He was found guilty at Bolton Crown Court following a majority verdict on Friday 9 June 2023.

Donson was sentenced at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court today (Wednesday 28 June 2023).

The convictions relate to a fatal road traffic collision which occurred around 6.05am on Thursday 4th Number 2021.

Following the collision, the three occupants in the back of the car were taken to Salford Royal Hospital, where Aaron Jarvis sadly passed away.

A second victim suffered a ruptured spleen and bone factures.

Donson left Bloom Bar, on Bloom Street, Manchester, with three people in the rear seat and Donson driving a silver BMW 320D. Another male was in the front passenger seat.

The group were planning on travelling to Bury to attend a party and travelled along the M602 and M60 motorways.

After the BMW left the M60, CCTV showed the vehicle lost control and went over to the incorrect side of the carriageway before colliding with a Renault Megane and Ford Transit Van.

Donson and the front seat passenger got out of the driver's door side before making off on foot.

They ran away from the collision scene towards a nearby residential estate. CCTV then showed a taxi leaving the area a short time later.

From the forensic collision report, calculations indicate the BMW was travelling at 42mph as it entered the left-hand bend.

Had the BMW been travelling at the speed limit, it is the investigator’s opinion that it would have been able to safely negotiate the left-hand bend as it entered Bury New Road.

Sergeant Andrew Page, of GMP’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “Today’s sentencing is the result of a lengthy investigation. Extensive work was conducted by the police to locate Donson after he left the scene of the collision.

“It appears he was actively evading capture since the collision occurred before his arrest in August 2022. Donson made it extremely difficult for us to locate him by moving back and forth between areas of southern England.

“It took a coordinated effort from the Officer in the Case, Greater Manchester’s Force Critical Wanted Unit and Bedfordshire Police in order to locate Donson, where he was subsequently arrested at a flat in Luton on Monday 22 August 2022 by colleagues at Bedfordshire Police.

“I would like to thank all parties who were involved in this operation, their tenacity in getting justice for the victims of this case has led to today’s result.”