Overview
- Greater Manchester Police formally named the victims as teenagers Mohammed Jibrael Mukhtar, 18, Farhan Patel, 18, and Mohammed Danyaal, 19, and taxi driver Masrob Ali, 54.
- Five passengers remain in hospital, including a 29-year-old woman with potentially life-threatening injuries, two others with serious injuries, and two men with minor injuries.
- The Serious Collision Investigation Unit says inquiries are at an early stage and is assessing CCTV, dashcam and a high‑speed clip shared online, while warning against sharing such footage.
- Hundreds attended funerals for the three teenagers at Bolton’s central mosque as the Bolton Council of Mosques supports bereaved families.
- Local officials say there was no police pursuit linked to the crash, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer offered condolences in Parliament.