Exclusive:Shocking pictures show car wreckage after Sheffield man chased down and rammed Uber delivery driver

These shocking photos show the wreckage of an Uber delivery driver’s car which crashed into a bus during a chase through Sheffield.

On October 3, 2024, Michael Tyrrell spotted an Uber driver who was out making deliveries.

Describing the driver and his passenger as looking ‘dodgy’ in subsequent police interviews, 54-year-old Tyrrell of Moss House Court, Mosborough, Sheffield, decided to begin chasing them in his BMW X5.

During the course of the chase, Tyrrell ran red lights while repeatedly ramming into the deliver driver’s Volkswagen Polo, with the victim describing his car as ‘lifting off the ground’ and shaking due to the collisions.

The chase came to a sudden end when the Uber driver collided with a Stagecoach bus on a roundabout.

After the incident, the Uber driver - whose statement was read out at Sheffield Crown Court on April 10 - said: “I was in so much pain - I was asking doctor and nurses for painkillers because it was so unbearable

“I would not wish this pain on anyone.”

Tyrrell fled the scene but was identified by officers as the owner of the BMW, with forensic evidence proving him to be the driver on the night in question.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving in January, 2026.

Both of the car’s occupants miraculously survived, with pictures shared the Crown Prosecution Service now revealing the scale of the damage the collision caused.

Photos show the windscreen having been smashed, while the front of the vehicle has been completely torn off.

One of the wheels is hanging off its axle, while the driver’s side has crumpled.

The driver suffered a number of injuries including burst eardrums, a fractured skull, bleeding in the space between the brain and the membrane and fractured ribs.

It was explained in court that the passenger also suffered less serious injuries.

“If I could speak to the person who did this I would ask why they did this to myself and my friend,” the driver’s statement continued.

“I do not know him and he does not know me so I do not understand why he did this.

“I felt like they just wanted to kill me and my friend for doing work.”

On April 10, Tyrrell was sentenced to 12 years in custody with an extended period of three years on licence which he will serve outside of prison for both dangerous driving and an assault outside the Sherwood Pub in Birley on April 19, 2025,

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PC Tayla Russell, one of the officers in charge of the case, said: “Tyrrell’s actions were reckless in the extreme, and he has shown no regard for others through his offending.

“It is clear that he is a dangerous man and prison is currently the best place for him.

“I am proud of the officers who worked hard to gather the evidence that helped to put Tyrrell behind bars, and I hope that this lengthy sentence offers his victims some closure.”