Police investigating a horror crash that claimed the lives of four people are examining video footage that appears to show a vehicle reaching 122mph. Video footage showing a driver hitting the dangerous speeds while weaving in and out of traffic is forming part of a probe into the fatal head on crash on Wigan Road, in Bolton, at around 12.45am on Sunday.
The footage, which has been widely circulated online, is understood to be being examined in relation to a nightmare collision between a red Seat Leon and a Citroën C4 Picasso taxi. The driver and two passengers in the Seat who died were named by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) as Mohammed Jibrael Mukhtar, 18, Farhan Patel, 18, and Mohammed Danyaal, 19.
The driver of the taxi, who was also killed, was named as Masrob Ali, 54. His daughter, Humayra Ali, 29, told BBC Manchester: “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.”
According to the MEN, a timestamp on the video clip, which has been shared extensively on social media, states that it was filmed at 3am, which is understood to be Saturday morning (January 10) – just shy of 24 hours before the fatal crash at 12.50am on Sunday. The publication said it understands that the video is believed to have been filmed by an occupant of the Seat Leon involved in the fatal crash on Wigan Road.
Greater Manchester Police said five passengers from both vehicles remain in hospital for treatment. In the Citroen, a 29-year-old woman suffered potentially life-threatening injuries. A 28-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man suffered serious injuries and a 29-year-old man has minor injuries.
An 18-year-old man, who was a passenger in the Seat, remains in hospital for treatment on minor injuries.
The Bolton Council of Mosques, who had on Sunday named the three teenagers, said in a statement that they were closely supporting the families of the victims. Families are also being supported by specially-trained officers, GMP said.
Five passengers from both vehicles were injured and remain in hospital.
One woman who lives on Wigan Road said she was woken by a “loud bang” and looked from her bedroom window and saw “quite a bit of debris” on the road. She also saw a red car that was “really damaged”.
A male resident did not see what happened but heard a “car accelerating”. Footage from a nearby property posted online showed a head-on crash, before both cars and debris were sent flying in different directions.
Detective Inspector Andrew Page, of GMP’s serious collision investigation unit, said: “I want to thank first responders from our Bolton district and the road policing unit, alongside colleagues from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service and the North West Ambulance Service, for their hard work since this incident.”
Local councillor Ayyub Patel said the “community is very saddened by the tragic news”, adding the authorities should be left to carry out their investigations.
Anyone with information or footage of the incident is asked to contact police on 0161 856 4741, quoting log number 111 of 11/01/2026, or anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
