Police have issued a public appeal for help after a collision in Openshaw left a man with serious injuries. Emergency services vehicles attended the scene, on Ashton Old Road, on Wednesday 11th October.
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A driver who killed former Hollyoaks actress Frankie Hough in a high speed motorway crash will spend an extra three years in jail.
Adil Iqbal was driving with one hand and using his phone with the other to film himself when the crash took place - and had been jailed for 12 years earlier this year. Today, the Mirror reports a sentencing review was held at the Court of Appeal because campaigners said the original sentence was not enough.
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They heard that Iqbal, 22, filmed himself driving at speeds of up to 123mph before losing control of a BMW car on the M66 in Bury, Greater Manchester, in May.
The 22-year-old tailgated, undertook other vehicles and swerved across lanes, reaching 123mph in his father's BMW. He killed Frankie, who was 17 weeks pregnant with her first daughter, Neeve, and caused serious injury to her nine-year-old son Thomas.
The Mirror reports Frankie's other son, two-year-old Rocky, was also in the car when she stopped on the motorway hard shoulder with a tyre puncture.
Her four-year-old nephew, Tobias, was also badly hurt in the incident.
Iqbal, from Accrington, Lancashire, was arrested at the scene. Frankie, 38, Tommy, Rocky and Tobias, all from Oldham, Greater Manchester, were taken to hospital via air ambulance. Thomas and Tobias were both placed in induced comas in intensive care.
Neeve died with Frankie two days later in hospital surrounded by her family, having never regained consciousness. He pleaded guilty to killing and another offence during a hearing at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester last month.
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Police have issued a public appeal for help after a collision in Openshaw left a man with serious injuries. Emergency services vehicles attended the scene, on Ashton Old Road, on Wednesday 11th October.
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