Overview
- Four people died in the January 11 head-on collision on Wigan Road, including teenage driver Mohammed Jibrael Mukhtar, his friends Farhan Patel and Mohammed Danyaal Asghar Ali, and taxi driver Masrob Ali.
- Hundreds attended Mr Ali’s funeral in Blackburn, where his family remembered him as “the gentlest soul.”
- A man identifying himself as Mukhtar’s older brother posted public apology videos to Mr Ali’s family and claimed the Seat Leon was travelling at about 90mph.
- Greater Manchester Police say the inquiry is in its early stages and are reviewing social‑media footage that appears to show speeds exceeding 120mph, while appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage.
- Police report five passengers from both vehicles remain in hospital, including a 29-year-old woman with potentially life-threatening injuries, a 28-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man with serious injuries, and two others with minor injuries.