Driver ‘never saw bike’ before crash that killed Jack Madsen,…

A driver involved in a collision that killed a much-loved young biker says she never saw his motorcycle until after the crash. An inquest into the death of Jack Madsen, 22, opened on Monday almost three years after the tragedy in Bransholme. Jack was riding his Honda motorcycle in Wawne Road, just a short distance from his home, on Saturday, August 29, 2020. He was involved in a collision with a blue Volkswagen Polo at the junction with Littleham Close. Read more: Mourners say goodbye to Bransholme crash victim Jack Madsen Emergency services quickly arrived after the collision at 6pm, but Jack was pronounced dead at the scene. During the inquest in Hull, the driver of the VW Polo gave evidence via video link. Jack’s family listened as the driver told how she had passed her test in May 2019 and drove daily. She said she lived close by and used the Littleham Close junction with Wayne Road every day. Jack Madsen who died in a motorcycle crash in Bransholme On the day of the incident, the driver was with her nana and they were going see her mother. The driver said the amount of traffic on the road was about average, but she had to wait for a while to find a gap to pull out. She told the inquest: “I looked both ways before pulling out of the junction turning right. There was a car turning left into Littleham Close and I waited until it began to turn. “The view was clear and I wasn’t distracted by anything. After that, all I heard was a bang as something hit my car in the driver’s door. I did not see anything until then. “I was in shock, but I didn’t realise it was a motorcycle until I managed to get out of the car from the passenger side. I just remember members of the public rushing to help the biker and I was ushered into a car nearby.” The driver’s nana also gave evidence. She said that she saw no cars coming either way as her granddaughter pulled out of the junction. A woman who was driving along Wawne Road at the time of the incident also gave evidence via video link. She told the inquest that she did not see the motorbike. Humberside Police at the scene of a ‘serious’ crash in Wawne Road (Image: Lianne Storey) The woman said: “I saw a car at the junction of Littleham Close and she started to pull out slowly. When it was halfway across the road the car suddenly bounced towards me. I couldn’t understand what had hit the car. “I saw two women get out of the car and it was then I saw the motorbike and the young man lying face down in the road. I approached the man and tried to speak to him but he was unresponsive. “I didn’t see the motorbike at all prior to the incident. I never heard the bike either, but I had the radio playing.” A statement was read out from a cyclist who was riding by at the time that the crash happened. He said: “I saw the car waiting at the junction of Littleham Close and I heard the
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