Tributes paid to taxi driver with ‘kindest soul’ who died in Greater Manchester crash

Police near the scene where a Seat Leon collided with a Citroen C4 Picasso taxi on Wigan Road in Bolton - (Madhuri Karia/PA)

The daughter of a taxi driver who died in a head-on crash in Greater Manchester has has paid tribute to her father, calling him the “gentlest soul”.

Masrob Ali, 54, died after his Citroen C4 Picasso taxi collided with a red Seat Leon on Wigan Road in Bolton in the early hours of Sunday morning, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.