Newlywed Toyah Battersby faced police questioning tonight following a horror car crash that led to the death of her husband Imran Habeeb. In shocking scenes in Wednesday night's episode of Corrie (June 1) Imran collapsed and died on the scene from a cardiac arrest after pulling Toyah from the wreckage of their car.
After the pair were knocked unconscious Imran, played by Charlie de Melo, woke up first and was horrified to find they had ploughed into scaffolding with bits falling onto their vehicle. He pulled Toyah, played by Georgia Taylor, from the smashed vehicle and shortly after the scaffolding fell and bricks collapsed onto the car.
As paramedics arrived there was a devastating twist to a complicated tale of betrayal which has has reached a crescendo this week. Imran staggered to the ambulance to be with Toyah but collapsed onto the floor.
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Despite paramedics attempting to save the solicitor, Toyah was later told in hospital that her husband had died. As she tried to process the news police paid her visit.
The crash so far hasn't been screened in a week of drama that has moved back and forth between the past and the present. Toyah was asked how much she could remember, and she looked stunned to be told the car she was driving didn't follow the curvature of the road meaning that she had gone straight into the building.
And there were no skid marks which means the car didn't slow down. "It indicates no breaks were applied," she was told. Toyah was adamant she hit the brakes leaving the question if the brakes had been tampered with, or if Toyah simply didn’t hit the pedal.
Police then swooped in on mechanic Kevin Webster and his wife Abi after Toyah's sister Leanne revealed how he had worked on the car after it didn't start earlier that day. Leanne also spilled the secret that Abi had been planning to flee the country with her baby Alfie following a custody battle with his father Imran, and that Kevin had been helping her. "Kevin was the one who messed with the car in the first place," she said.
"They have clearly messed with the brakes this is all their fault." However Coronation Street viewers think we will eventually find out that Toyah is behind the crash.
The gripping week of episodes started with a flashforward of Imran leaving a chilling message for Toyah in which he came clean and revealed he had framed Abi to make it appear she was still using drugs so that he could win the custody case. @jamie_pragnell tweeted: "Oh there’s a twist as I bet Toyah’s not heard Imran’s voicemail yet!"
@waylo12 wrote: "Well I think Toyah drive into the wall on purpose when she found out about the baby when Imran told her." and @noelphobic said: "I reckon Imran was fessing up to Toyah and that made her crash the car."
@VampLover27 said: "I never thought Toyah would kill Imran, I thought they were gonna split up and him leave, but you can never trust a soap storyline."
In a change to usual transmission times the soap is airing half an hour episodes this week from Monday to Friday at 7.30pm, as we follow the shocking consequences of the fight for the custody of baby Alfie. And viewers will see questions asked about how the crash happened.
