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Birmingham crash: Man killed in smash that left six dead was drug dealer jailed over 120mph police chase
A man killed in a multi-car crash in Birmingham that left six people dead was a drug dealer who had been jailed over a 120mph police chase.
Kasar Jehangir, 25, was named by neighbours as one of three men killed when they were thrown from an Audi, thought to be a powerful S3 model, in the pile-up near the city centre early on Sunday.
It has since emerged that Mr Jehangir was jailed in November 2016 after he was involved in a high-speed chase with police.
Heroin was thrown from the Audi S3 as it was pursued along the M6 near Walsall in the early hours of July 18 2015.
Mr Jehangir later pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
He was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court to 36 months in prison. It is understood he had recently been released.
Mr Jehangir would have been automatically released at the half-way point of his sentence, but was eligible earlier under a curfew.
He had been travelling in the Audi with Mohammed Fasha, 30, and 26-year-old Tauqeer Hussain in Birmingham on Sunday.
All three died when the car was involved in a collision with a taxi at 1.10am. A fourth passenger in the Audi, a man aged 22, was seriously injured.
The driver of the taxi, Imtiaz Mohammed, a father-of-six, along with a man aged 42 and a woman aged 43 died after the vehicle was smashed on its side.
Mr Mohammed, 33, described by grieving relatives as a "happy, loving and friendly guy", was on his last job before heading home to his wife and family, according to his brother.
Mr Mohammed's younger brother, Noorshad Mohammed, said his sibling rang his wife Nargas Gul to tell her he would be coming home just before the crash. It would be the last time they spoke.
The 32-year-old said: "It was his last job of the night. That was the last time she spoke to him."
Surrounded by the 33-year-old's other relatives at the family home, father Ikhtiar Mohammed recalled how his "heart sank" as police knocked on his door at 5am on Sunday.
The 65-year-old said: "I knew there was something wrong, as soon as I saw them. I thought to myself, 'which of my sons is hurt', I just knew something was seriously wrong."
Older sister Nassrin Bibi paid tribute to her brother and said the family had been "shattered" by what had happened.
Mr Mohammed worked for local firm Castle Cars, which said in a statement: "Imtiaz was a wonderful, young, hard-working family man", who was "loved and respected by all".
Police continue to follow up various lines of investigation including the condition of the road when the crash happened at Belgrave and Lee Bank Middleway, near Edgbaston.
Superintendent Sean Phillips, from West Midlands Police, told a Press conference on Sunday: "It is way too early to speculate on the causes of the accident.
"It will take some time to unpick the scene and just understand exactly what's happened. It would be unfair for me to speculate at this time."