Another heartbreaking case has landed in court, this time, involving two brothers accused of racing their cars before a deadly head-on crash in Wales.
Rhys Jenkins, a father of two from Deuddw, Powys, was driving along the A483 near Welshpool last November with his nine-year-old son Ioan when tragedy struck. Rhys, who was said to be driving properly and minding his business, was hit head-on by a BMW. He died at the scene. His little boy was airlifted to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool with serious injuries.
According to the BBC, the prosecution are claiming that the crash was no accident. According to witnesses, Abubakr Ben Yusaf (29) and his brother Umar Ben Yusaf (34) were speeding, tailgating, and overtaking dangerously in their separate cars — a BMW X3 and an Audi S4 — just moments before the impact. One witness described it as “a car crash waiting to happen.” Sadly, it was.
In court, the jury heard that the BMW fishtailed on a straight stretch of road and veered into the oncoming lane right into Rhys’s Toyota Yaris. His son was sat in the passenger seat when it happened.
What makes this even harder to process is what one witness reported hearing after the crash. The two brothers, instead of staying, allegedly said: “Come on, let’s go.” They later left the scene and were arrested that evening near Welshpool.
Both men deny causing death by dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and causing death while uninsured. But the prosecution insists they were racing — and that both share responsibility for Rhys’s death.
The trial continues, but one thing is already clear: reckless driving doesn’t just risk your own life. It rips apart families and leaves communities grieving losses that should never have happened. Rhys Jenkins was a dad, a husband, and a friend not just another name in a court case.
