Shropshire Star

Telford murder probe: Victim named as Ishfaq Hussain

A taxi driver who died in a crash on Monday night has been named.

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Floral tributes at the scene

Shropshire Coroner's office confirmed it has been informed of the death of Ishfaq Hussain.

It comes after it was revealed that four people, who had been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death, have been released on investigation.

Floral tributes have now been left at the scene where Mr Hussain died on Monday night.

The Go Carz driver, who was in his 50s, died when his taxi, a red Skoda Octavia, hit a tree in Madeley on Monday night.

Detectives are currently investigating reports an occupant of the Skoda was involved in two arguments with the occupants of a silver Peugeot 307 shortly before the crash.

The first altercation is said to have happened close to the Tesco store on Park Avenue in Madeley and the second shortly afterwards, near to the pedestrian crossing close to the entrance of the nearby Woodlands School.

The driver suffered a cardiac arrest and was given CPR at the scene of the crash on Ironbridge Road at 10.30pm, but could not be saved.

A passenger in the Skoda, a man in his 20s, was also taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital with injuries that are not thought to be life threatening.

Two women aged 37 and 18, and two men aged 31 and 18, were arrested on suspicion of murder on Tuesday and were released under investigation yesterday morning.

Anyone who has any information should quote reference 874s of August 7.

The coroner's office said that no date had yet been set for an inquest into the death of Mr Hussain