Haunting Bolton car crash update as community ‘absolutely broken’ by fatal tragedy

A red Seat Leon and a Citroen C4 Picasso taxi collided on Wigan Road, Bolton, in the early hours of Sunday, killing four people and injuring five others, with residents saying crashes occur on the street every couple of months

Horror crashes on a residential street where a taxi and a Seat Leon collided on Sunday (January 11) claiming four lives, locals claim occur “every couple of months”.

Residents say accidents frequently take place on Wigan Road in Bolton, Greater Manchester, as they voiced their heartbreak over the deaths of Masrob Ali, 54, and three teenagers.

A red Seat Leon struck a Citroen C4 Picasso taxi on the street during the early hours of Sunday morning.

It has now come to light that shortly before Christmas, a vehicle crashed into a wall just a few hundred yards from where Sunday’s fatal incident unfolded.

Wreckage including sections of the car’s bumper remains scattered about, whilst a wall next to the school entrance has partially crumbled, reports the Mirror.

This was reportedly among numerous crashes on Wigan Road, which is home to primary schools, in recent months.

One local said: “I’ve lived here 25 years and the traffic problems are getting worse and worse. I’ve been complaining for the last four years. Some of my friends are taxi drivers – it could have been one of them killed, or it could have been one of my family. We need action to slow the traffic down.”

One mum residing opposite the crash scene commented: “The problem is that it’s quite a long stretch of road which is quite wide with nothing to slow drivers down and with some, I don’t think drivers realise their speed. If they don’t sort something out, I fear more lives will be lost.”

Greater Manchester Police are currently examining a video that has been circulated on social media, seemingly showing a car going at 122mph approximately 24 hours prior to the crash.

The footage depicts the vehicle recklessly weaving through traffic, overtaking other cars and swerving into the opposing lane in the same vicinity where the accident later occurred.

The police have identified the remaining victims as Mohammed Jibrael Mukhtar, aged 18, Farhan Patel, aged 18, and Mohammed Danyaal, aged 19.

As of Monday (January 12), five passengers from both vehicles involved in the collision are still hospitalised with injuries, according to the police.

Humayra, 29, the daughter of Mr Ali, spoke to BBC Manchester, saying: “It’s absolutely devastating. We are all in shock – even in denial. I feel like it’s just a bad dream that I’m about to wake up from.

“He was just a really good man, anyone would say so. Anyone who has known him would say he’s a kind man, very generous, has a big heart.

“People have come back to tell me that he had the gentlest soul, he’s hard-working, and he was very hard-working right until his last breath.”

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