Hart, of Anlaby Road, Hull, was refused bail and remanded in custody after he left it until the day before a trial was due to start before he pleaded guilty.He had been speeding at the time of the accident and had driven into a bus lane. He later removed a dashcam.
Hart, 32, had previously denied causing the deaths of the two boys on November 2, 2020 by dangerous driving.Police were called to Anlaby Road and the two boys were rushed to hospital The pair of best friends were riding their bicycles along a busy stretch of Anlaby Road near the East Yorkshire buses garage when the accident happened at about 6.10pm.Mason was kept in intensive care and had been transferred to Leeds General Infirmary, where he remained in a coma and on life support, but he died two weeks later.
Hart appeared before Hull Crown Court for a plea hearing ahead of the trial, which had been due to start on Tuesday.Hart was represented for the latest hearing by Charlotte Baines, who said that the seriousness of the case we that fact that he contravened a bus lane and had been speeding before the fatal collision.