Shocking video shows supercars racing up to 145mph near site of Birmingham taxi crash
DRAMATIC footage shows boy racers hurtling down a dual carriageway where six people died in a horror smash in Birmingham.
Shocking videos posted on YouTube show cars racing around the city streets close to the scene of the carnage on Sunday morning.
One clip shows four black cars competing in a drag race as they weave in and out of traffic and skid over roundabouts.
At one point, a passenger is heard to say: “Wow, 145 bro.”
Other videos show two white VW Golfs racing as one of the people in car laughs hysterically.
Another shows a crowd gathered around a smashed up car following a crash.
Locals have complained to police about boy racers driving "like maniacs" down the Belgrave Middleway - a main traffic artery - where the horrific accident happened.
It's in the middle of a three-quarters-of-a-mile long straight stretch of carriageway in between two big traffic islands in Edgbaston a mile from the city centre.
The speed limit is 40mph but the "racers" know some speed cameras along the section of road don't work.
An Asian cabbie, from Small Heath, Birmingham, who asked not to be named, said:"The stretch of road can be a nightmare in the early hours of the morning when the kids come out racing jazzed-up motors.
"It's a straight stretch of road going down a hill towards a big McDonald's and draws the boy racers like a magnet.
"Some of the speeds they reach are scary because they know some of the speed cameras are duds.
"Filming the stuff to put on You Tube and Facebook is a big part of the game so they can brag about how fast they went and what risks they took."
Kasar Jehangir, 25, was one of three men who died when their high-powered car hit a taxi driven by dad-of-six Imtiaz Mohammed, 33.
Tauqeer Hussain, 26, and Mohammed Fahsa, 30, who were in the Audi at the time of the collision, all died at the scene with a fourth passenger remaining in a critical condition.
They were catapulted from the high-powered car after careering across a central reservation in an underpass in Edgbaston, Birmingham, at 1am on Sunday.
They smashed head on into Imtiaz - killing him and two passengers travelling his taxi.
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Witnesses said the car had earlier been doing speeds of up to 100mph.
It has emerged that Jehangir was recently freed from jail after being caught in a 130mph police chase.
He was sentenced to 36 months in prison last November, after admitting driving dangerously and possessing drugs with intent to supply.
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