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An actor who starred in the BBC drama 'Murdered for Being Different' was killed after a driver lost control of a car he was passenger in and hit a tree, an inquest has heard.
Reiss Jarvis, 21, suffered multiple 'unsurvivable' injuries in the crash on the outskirts of Oldham, Greater Manchester, on November 10 last year.
His friend Karl Young, 34, lost control of a Mazda 3 before it careered off Huddersfield Road, Delph, and hit a tree before plunging down an embankment.
Mr Jarvis was pronounced dead at the scene, while Mr Young later died in hospital.
The actor had previously starred in the 2017 BBC drama Murdered For Being Different - based on the murder of Sophie Lancaster in Bacup, Lancashire, a decade earlier.
An inquest into the Mr Jarvis' death at Rochdale Coroner's Court today heard Mr Young lost control of the vehicle while driving at 'excessive speed' on a remote and unlit stretch of road at around 8.40pm.
The pair had been returning to Oldham after visiting a fish shop in Marsden, West Yorkshire.
Reiss Jarvis, 21, who previously starred in the 2017 BBC drama Murdered For Being Different, died at the scene of the crash
But Mr Young smashed into a tree before continuing down the embankment onto a field - leaving the two men trapped inside.
A member of the public dialled 999 and emergency services attended the scene, where Mr Young was pulled from the vehicle and taken to hospital, but Mr Jarvis was pronounced dead.
Police Sergeant Neil Pennington, of Greater Manchester Police's Serious Collision
