Former Hollyoaks star and mum-of-two Frankie Jules-Hough was left with unsurvivable brain injuries after the collision.
A driver who killed a pregnant actress and her unborn baby and left two children in a coma has been jailed for 12 years.
Adil Iqbal had been driving with one hand on the wheel holding a phone with his other to record himself, while clocking speeds of 123mph on the M66 motorway inMum-of-two Frankie Jules-Hough had stopped on the hard shoulder due to a tyre puncture with her two sons and nephew in the car. Iqbal, 22, was veering through traffic, tailgating and undertaking other vehicles before his BMW 140i swerved, hit a crash barrier and eventually smashed into Ms Jules-Hough's Skoda Fabia at an estimated 92mph.
Former Hollyoaks star Ms Jules-Hough, who was making a call, then uttered a"blood-curdling scream", a Manchester court heard.The 38-year-old was 17 weeks pregnant with her first daughter Neeve and sustained unsurvivable brain injuries.
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