Dashcam footage of 'selfish' driver doing 123mph before crash that killed pregnant Hollyoaks actress

Watch:Driver films himself speeding at 123mph before crash which killed pregnant mother

This is the shocking moment a “selfish” driver hit speeds of 123mph seconds before he crashed and killed a pregnant Hollyoaks actress and injured her son.

Adil Iqbal, 22, used his phone to film himself driving at high speeds in his BMW on the M66 in Greater Manchester on 13 May.

Iqbal can be seen swerving in and out of traffic before losing control of his car while going more than 50mph above the 70mph speed limit.

Seconds after the footage cuts off, Iqbal struck the vehicle of Frankie Hough, 38, who appeared in Hollyoaks as a teenager.

Hough, who was 17 weeks pregnant with her baby girl Neeve, was travelling in her car with sons Thomas, nine, and Rocky, two, and nephew Tobias, four, but had stopped due to a punctured tyre.

One motorist, Jonathan Hoyle, who saw Iqbal’s vehicle, described his driving as “an accident waiting to happen” minutes before the crash.

Iqbal – previously banned for driving without insurance – recorded his trip with his phone in his left hand and held the steering wheel in his right.

At one point, a motorist who he came up behind let out a scream as he accelerated to within “inches” of her back bumper, Manchester Minshull Court heard.

Iqbal had entered a filter lane in order to undertake two cars, and was travelling around 116mph just before the crash.

He collided with another vehicle and lost control of his vehicle, which span 180 degrees before hitting Hough’s Skoda Fabia with its rear side.

She suffered brain injuries and passed away in hospital two days later – while her unborn daughter’s heart was still beating when doctors turned her life support off.

Thomas and Tobias were rushed to hospital by air ambulance and suffered long-lasting skull and spinal injuries, but Rocky was left relatively unhurt.

Iqbal was arrested at the scene before later pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and two offences of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Iqbal offered no comment in previous interviews and refused to give police his phone Pin number, which later revealed the videos he’d taken just seconds before the crash.

Jailing Iqbal for 12 years, judge Maurice Greene said the trauma that he caused to Hough’s family was indescribable.

He said: “Ms Julia Hough did not return from the journey.

"She was killed as a result of the most indescribably reckless driving by you, Adil Iqbal, leading to the devastation of a family.

“And furthermore, as a result of your driving, Tommy and Tobias were very seriously injured. The manner of your driving was clear for all to see.”

Hough’s dad, Frank Hough, broke down several times while giving a moving statement about the loss of his daughter.

He said: “I should have been able to protect my little girl. I now know what it means to have your heart broken. It hurts more deeply than I could have ever imagined.

“I have lost one of the most precious things in my life.”

Hough’s devastated partner and soon-to-be husband, Calvin Buckley, said they had held a gender reveal party for their daughter, Neeve, just a week prior to the crash.

He said: “The impact of this collision shattered my world to pieces and dismantled all my future plans and flipped my world upside down.”

Iqbal was also disqualified from driving for 14 years and will be required to take an extended retest when he becomes eligible to drive again.