The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Six dead and one critical after multi-car crash in Birmingham
Family’s heartache as ‘happy, loving’ taxi driver among the dead
Grieving relatives of a taxi driver killed in a multi-car crash in Birmingham have paid tribute to the “happy, loving” father-of-six.
Crash investigators are continuing to try to piece together the cause of the collision which killed six people in the early hours yesterday, near the city centre.
Three men were killed when they were thrown out of their car while the taxi driver and his two passengers, a man and woman, died after the vehicle was left on its side.
A fourth man travelling in the car, thought to be an Audi S3, remains in a critical condition at the city’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The cab driver, Imtiaz Mohammed, had six children all aged under 15 and was described by his father as a “happy, loving and friendly guy”.
Surrounded by the 33-year-old’s other relatives at the family home, Ikhtiar Mohammed recalled how his “heart sank” as police knocked on his door at 5am yesterday.
The 65-year-old said: “I knew there was something wrong, as soon as I saw them.
“I thought to myself, ‘which of my sons is hurt’, I just knew something was seriously wrong.”
He said that Mr Mohammed’s wife, Nargas Gul, was still in deep shock while relatives struggled with how to break the news to the couple’s five daughters and son.
One of their girls had been due to celebrate her fourth birthday today.
His younger brother Noorshad Mohammed revealed how just moments before the fatal crash, his sibling rang his wife to tell her he would be coming home.
The 32-year-old said: “It was his last job of the night.
“That was the last time she spoke to him.”