Overview
- A community GoFundMe set up for the four taxi passengers had reached £23,945 by Saturday afternoon toward a £40,000 goal.
- Friends Jake Regan and Lucie Wilson launched the appeal on behalf of the injured passengers, two of whom have chosen to remain unnamed for privacy.
- A married couple in their late 20s described life-changing injuries, four surgeries between them, and a likely need for prolonged 24-hour care and rehabilitation.
- The collision occurred on January 11 on Wigan Road in Bolton between a Citroen C4 Picasso taxi and a Seat Leon, killing taxi driver Masrob Ali, 54, and teenagers Mohammed Jibrael Mukhtar, 18, Farhan Patel, 18, and Mohammed Danyaal Asghar Ali, 19.
- Survivors paid tribute to Mr Ali and called for better road safety, while Greater Manchester Police said the investigation remains in its early stages.