Sixteen-year-old Jane was killed after being hit by a car outside a house party in Christchurch, New Zealand, last May.

A second teenager, Hannah Rossiter, also died and several party-goers were injured.

Lipine Sila (23), a factory worker, has denied two charges of murder and eight of causing grievous bodily harm.

Speaking at the trial, a school student said she had left the party in to stand with her brother and Jane on the road outside. The student said her group was standing close to each other when Jane "asked me to step back". The car that then hit Jane missed her by about 10cm.

"I saw it hit people on the corner of Manchester Street and Edgeware Road," she said. "It swerved across the road, then out again and then swerved back in and hit Jane. It hit more people as it crossed back to the middle of the road.

"I could hear people getting hit. It sounded like bones cracking. I could just hear one after the other. He was driving faster and faster, swerving into people standing there like he was aiming for them."

The trial is into its fourth week and is expected to last five weeks.
(Proceeding)