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By Paul Britton & Sam Elliott-Gibbs An ‘inspirational’ young footballer was killed “unlawfully” almost a week after suffering “unsurvivable” injuries in a “high-velocity” car crash, a coroner has concluded. Back in October 2022, Elliot Martin, now 22, was jailed for six years for causing the death of 17-year-old Ronaldo Johnson due to his dangerous driving. An inquest heard Martin led a police officer on a chase lasting 40 seconds before a Ford Focus he was driving jumped a second red light and hit a taxi at speed. Two others, a woman in the taxi and a young man also in the car with Ronaldo, w…