Overview
- An automatic iPhone crash‑detection SOS was sent shortly after 10pm on Saturday, March 21, but Lancashire Police closed the incident log after officers could not reach the registered number.
- Worried family members traced Nadeem Hussain’s phone and found his Audi A3 down a verge on the M61 at about 2am on Monday, March 23, and his wife formally identified his body about 28 hours after the collision.
- A Home Office post‑mortem reported that the 37‑year‑old died instantly from his injuries.
- The Independent Office for Police Conduct has directed the local force to investigate the handling of the alert, and the coroner adjourned the inquest while the police and the Crown Prosecution Service review the matter with a further mention set for July 23.
- Local tributes and a GoFundMe raising more than £4,000 have followed the death, and National Highways confirmed cones were placed at the scene because a drain cover was damaged during the collision.