The daddy of Umar Mahmood, {the teenager} who died in a horror crash after showing on Freddie Flintoff’s BBC One documentary simply two years in the past, has mentioned he’s ‘heartbroken’.
Umar, 18, died in hospital yesterday after being significantly injured whereas on the wheel of an Audi A3 Sport which veered off the street in Preston, Lancashire on Tuesday and crashed into bushes.
Umar’s father, Shahid Mahmood, informed MailOnline: ‘I’m heartbroken. He was only a younger lad. To lose my younger son is horrible.’
Talking on the household’s terraced house in Preston, he added: ‘I’m very unhappy. It’s his funeral later at this time so I’ll go the mosque later.
‘His mom is doing OK however we’re very unhappy.’
Umar Mahmood, 18, died in hospital yesterday after being significantly injured whereas on the wheel of an Audi A3 Sport which veered off the street in Preston, Lancashire on Tuesday
Pictured to the left of Freddie is Umar along with his palms in his pockets sporting a white polo high and a black puffer jacket
Again seat passenger 16-year-old Adam Bodi (pictured) additionally suffered deadly accidents whereas a 17-year-old who was additionally within the automotive stays in hospital, with police investigating the reason for the double tragedy
Flintoff’s right-hand man on the present, Kyle Hogg, shared the information of Umar’s passing on his Instagram story with a damaged coronary heart emoji
Again seat passenger 16-year-old Adam Bodi additionally suffered deadly accidents whereas a 17-year-old who was additionally within the automotive stays in hospital, with police investigating the reason for the double tragedy.
Umar had been filmed being coached by the England cricket legend in ‘Freddie Flintoff’s Discipline of Goals’.
Flintoff’s right-hand man on the present, Kyle Hogg, shared the information of Umar’s passing on his Instagram story with a damaged coronary heart emoji.
He had been a pupil at Penwortham Priory Academy, ending his research two years in the past, as was Adam who left after his GCSEs this summer season.
The present noticed England all-rounder turned TV presenter Flintoff recruit youngsters from underneath privileged elements of Lancashire in a bid to alter folks’s perspective of the game.
Chatting with his faculty web site in 2022, Umar mentioned: ‘I appreciated watching and enjoying cricket and I used to be concerned with the BYDS Youth Membership in Broadgate and received chosen from there.
‘They mentioned they wished to do a documentary about cricket and provides folks like me a chance which I may not in any other case have.
‘It was filmed each Tuesday at Preston’s School.
‘We had been skilled by Andrew Flintoff, who is admittedly down-to-earth, and Kyle Hogg as effectively.
‘They taught us several types of cricketing expertise and it has been actually good. I’d say now I’m a little bit of an all-rounder.
‘We performed a recreation within the Lake District just lately, that was towards adults, however the concept is for our group of youngsters to play towards league groups made up of individuals round our personal age.
‘I’ve been interviewed lots for the programme and so they have been to my home and interviewed my household as effectively. I’m not certain when it’s being launched however I’m excited.’
He mentioned that if he did not make it in cricket or within the TV world, he had his sights set on serving to to alter the panorama of locations.
‘I really like Geography and I wish to be a Geography instructor and take a PHD and develop into a professor in Geography,’ he mentioned.
‘I simply benefit from the enterprise aspect of urbanisation and improvement.’
Filming is underway for the third collection of Discipline of Goals.
Umar had been filmed being coached by the England cricket legend in ‘Freddie Flintoff’s Discipline of Goals’
Umar with Freddie Flintoff in his BBC present Discipline of Goals
Umar (left) pictured with one of many different boys of Flintoff’s cricket group made up of 12 months 11 boys
In the present day Umar’s faculty paid tribute to the ‘vivid’ and ‘studious’ teen.
Principal Matt Eastham mentioned: ‘We’re once more saddened as a college to listen to the information that Umar, who was in the identical accident as Adam, and who left Priory two years in the past, has additionally handed away.
‘Umar was a vivid, studious and well-loved member of our faculty group.
‘He had a ardour for geography in addition to his cricket, enjoying for Priory’s faculty group and showing within the BBC One documentary Freddie Flintoff’s Discipline of Goals.
‘It was a privilege for us right here at Priory to know Umar.
‘He was a younger man who was all the time thoughtful to these round him and who confirmed ambition and kindness in all that he did.
‘It’s in fact with nice disappointment that we hear this information.
‘We give our honest condolences to all of Umar’s household and buddies on behalf of the varsity, at what might be a really troublesome time.
‘They too, are in our ideas and prayers at this time.’
In a separate tribute to Adam, Mr Eastham mentioned: ‘Sadly and with nice disappointment, we had been knowledgeable on Wednesday, 11 September that our former pupil, Adam Bodi, who had simply left Priory this yr and acquired his GCSEs in the summertime, handed away following an accident.
‘We’re in fact, extraordinarily upset to listen to this information and the varsity sends its heartfelt condolences to all of Adam’s household and buddies.
‘Adam was a tremendous pupil, of whom we have now nothing however implausible recollections.
‘He was fashionable, vivid, assured and had a implausible sense of humour alongside being a first-class footballer, who had been a part of our soccer group right here at Priory for five years.
‘We all know that the remainder of his yr group might be equally upset at shedding considered one of their very own.
Former worldwide cricketer Freddie Flintoff has hosted two seasons of Discipline of Goals
Freddie Flintoff along with his pal, Kyle Hogg, who seems with him on the present
‘Adam was a implausible younger man, and he, his household and buddies are very a lot in our ideas and prayers.’
Preston Muslim Burial Society has mentioned each Umar and Adam might be buried at Preston cemetery this afternoon.
A spokesman mentioned: ‘Attendees are extremely inspired to stroll or carshare to the cemetery and comply with the directions supplied by the volunteers.
‘Could Allah bless household with sabr jameel throughout this troublesome time.’
Umar suffered critical accidents within the horror smash on Chain Caul Means in Preston on Tuesday.
He was in a essential situation in hospital however tragically died yesterday.
Emergency companies had been referred to as at 10.55pm on Tuesday after experiences of a collision, Lancashire Police mentioned.
Officers discovered that the car had left the carriageway and collided with bushes by the roadside.
A 17-year-old boy, who was a entrance seat passenger, suffered critical accidents and was in a steady situation in hospital yesterday.
Sgt Paul McCurrie mentioned: ‘This was a collision with tragic circumstances.
‘Two younger folks have died, and I want to prolong my sympathy to their households, family members and buddies.
‘We’re investigating how the collision occurred, and we proceed to ask for anybody who witnessed it to contact us.
‘Additionally, if anybody was driving within the Chain Caul Lane space across the time of the collision and has sprint cam footage, or they’ve CCTV footage from the realm, please get in contact.’
The BBC mentioned in an announcement: ‘We’re very saddened to listen to the information of Umar’s passing and the ideas of everybody within the Discipline Of Goals group are along with his household and buddies at this troublesome time.’
A number of folks have paid tribute to the youngsters on-line and mentioned their ideas are with their households and buddies.
One particular person mentioned: ‘Ahh that is devastating.
‘Pondering of the households of these boys.
‘You by no means count on your kids to exit and by no means come house.’
One other commented: ‘So unhappy.
‘Relaxation in peace each younger males, my ideas are with their households at this very unhappy time.’
