Tributes to ‘loving dad’ as 4 dead following road horror
AFATHER who died in a car crash along with his oneyear-old son was “full of life” and a “loving father”, his uncle has said.
Adnan Ashraf Jarral, 35, and his son, Usman Adnan Jarral, died when Mr Jarral’s VW people carrier collided with a VW Golf which was being pursued by police in Sheffield on Friday night.
His uncle, Shafqat Mirza, said his nephew was a “humble and polite” man who was extremely proud of his two sons and his step-son.
A 50-year-old man and a 41-yearold woman also died in the crash.
These are understood to have been friends of Mr Jarral’s wife, Tahreen, who is recovering in hospital.
Two other people - a 22-year-old woman and a three-year-old girl also remain in hospital with serious injuries following the collision.
Mr Mirza said: “It’s been absolutely devastating for all of us and all the family.
“Here we have a young man who was with us, around us, always asking everybody how we are, and now we find that he is no longer with us.
“It’s something that we can’t come to terms with.”
He said: “It was absolutely horrific. So devastating.” Mr Mirza said his nephew was a “loving father” and “he was full of life”.
He was speaking as relatives and members of the community gathered at the family’s mosque.
He said his nephew, who was born in Pakistan and came to Britain as a business student, left another son, who is three, and also a six-year-old step-son.
He said factory worker Mr Jarral was always updating Facebook when Usman would say a word or when he started to walk.
“He was always posting about how proud he is,” he said. “He was an absolutely devoted father.”
Mr Mirza said his nephew got married to his wife a few years ago and they were “very closely bonded together”.
Mrs Jarral was originally from Slovakia and had converted to Islam and changed her name.
Mr Mirza said: “It is very difficult to find the words, although we have millions of words in our hearts.
“To lose such a young person who was very loving, very caring, very family orientated, very community orientated, it’s devastating.”
The crash happened outside the home of Tufail Hussain, 80, who was one of the first people to get to the wreckage.
He said: “It was just terrible. It’s the worst thing I have ever seen.
“The whole of Darnall is in shock. We are all traumatised and it will take a long time for us to get over this.” Mr Hussain said an off-duty paramedic who lives on the street performed heroics at the scene and medics from a private medical support firm based a few hundred yards from where the collision happened also came out to help.
Flowers were left by the side of the road on Sunday morning.
The men who were in the Golf aged 17, 18 and 23 - were arrested at the scene and remain in custody.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched an investigation.