Mourners pack Preston Cemetery for funeral of Umar Mahmood and Adam Bodi

Preston Cemetery saw a huge crowd come to pay their respects to Umar and Adam who died following a crash Pic: Farhan Shaikh/Hasesin Khan

Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of a Broadgate man and boy who died in a crash in Chain Caul Way this week.

Pictures show enormous crowds at Preston Cemetery in Ribbleton.

A Janazah – a Muslim funeral service – and burial took place for Umar Mahmood, 18, and Adam Bodi, 16 during Friday afternoon.

Preston’s Muslim Burial Society had encouraged those attending to life-share or walk to the Cemetery in Miller Road due to the volume of people expected to pay their respects.

In Muslim faith it is tradition for the funeral to take place around 24-hours after death.

Umar, who appeared in Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams, was the driver of an Audi A3 Sport which hit a tree near the Docks on Tuesday evening. He died in hospital on Thursday morning.

Penwortham Priory Academy pupil Umar Mahmood Pic: ©Andy Ford — Umar Mahmood Pic: Penwortham Priory Academy/Andy Ford

Adam was the back-seat passenger and died in hospital on Wednesday from his injuries.

Both of them had previously attended Penwortham Priory Academy – who paid tribute to both Umar and Adam.

Adam Bodi Pic: Penwortham Priory Academy

A 17-year-old boy was also seriously injured in the crash and he remains in a stable condition in hospital.

Preston Police continue to appeal for witnesses and information to the fatal crash in Chain Caul Way which took place between Leeward Road and Nile Close at 10.55pm on Tuesday 10 September.

“This was a collision with tragic circumstances.

“Two young people have died, and I wish to extend my sympathy to their families, loved ones and friends.

“We are investigating how the collision happened, and we continue to ask for anyone who witnessed it to contact us.

“Also, if anyone was driving in the Chain Caul Lane area around the time of the collision and has dash cam footage, or they have CCTV footage from the area, please get in touch.”

Anyone with information can contact 101, quoting log 1538 of 10^th September 2024, or email SCIU@lancashire.police.uk.

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