Frankie Hough was a fiercely-protective mother. She would protect her boys - nine-year-old Tommy and two-year-old Rocky - 'with everything she had'.
And her family was growing. Frankie was over the moon to be expecting another baby - a little sister for her sons. But on May 13, just a week after celebrating finding out her unborn baby's gender, the 38-year-old's life was snatched in a split second.
She was driving on the M66 motorway, near Bury, when she pulled over onto the hard shoulder with a punctured tyre. Moments later, as she tried to make a phone call, Adil Iqbal ploughed his BMW 140i into the back of her car.
He was driving at speeds of up to 123mph in the lead up to the devastating crash, filming himself on his phone. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features Frankie, from Chadderton in Oldham, was in the car with Tommy, Rocky and her four-year-old nephew Tobias.
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