Tributes paid to best big brother' who died in Greater Manchester car crash

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"The family of a teenager who died in a head-on crash in Greater Manchester have paid tribute to him saying he never failed to put a smile on anyone's face. Mohammad Danyaal Asghar-Ali, 19, died when a red Seat Leon he was a passenger in collided with a Citroen C4 Picasso taxi on Wigan Road, Bolton, in the early hours of Sunday, January 11. Three other people were killed in the collision."

The Independent covers issues from reproductive rights to climate change and Big Tech and sends reporters to developing stories, including investigations and documentaries. The outlet aims to parse facts from messaging and requests donations to fund reporters, keep reporting free without paywalls, and maintain trust across the political spectrum. Mohammad Danyaal Asghar-Ali, 19, died when a red Seat Leon he was a passenger in collided with a Citroen C4 Picasso taxi on Wigan Road, Bolton, in the early hours of January 11. Two other teenagers, Mohammed Jibrael Mukhtar, 18, and Farhan Patel, 18, and the taxi driver Masrob Ali, 54, were also killed. His mother described him as her heart and firstborn, saying she will never again see his smile or hear his laugh.

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