A pregnant mum who pulled off the motorway onto the hard shoulder to take a phone call was critically injured when another driver collided with her car, an inquest hearing has been told. Frankie Hough, 38, died in hospital two days after the crash.
Frankie was driving southbound on the M66 at 3.10pm on Saturday, May 13, when she stopped to answer her phone. Adil Iqbal, 22, of Hope Street in Accrington, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and two offences of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
At the time of the crash Ms Hough was in the car with her two young sons, nine-year-old Tommy and two-year-old Rocky, and her four-year-old nephew Tobias. Rocky suffered minor injuries but the two other children remain in hospital, reports MEN.
