People: Shock as 'good, humble' Halifax man dies after car crash

Muhammad Ilyas, understood to be 57, suffered serious head injuries after a car crashed into a fence in Cleckheaton on Friday.

He was taken to hospital in an ambulance but sadly died before arriving.

One of his friends who had known him for many years, Abid Hussain, paid tribute to Mr Ilyas,

"He was a good man and a good cricket player,” he said.

"A very good speaker and a nice gentleman.

"I knew him for a long time. He was a family man and a humble guy.”

A funeral for Mr Ilyas is understood to have taken place on Sunday at Jamia Masjid Ghousia on Rhodes Street in Halifax.

Police were called to the accident on Kenmore Road in Cleckheaton shortly before 5.05am on Friday.

They say enquiries remain ongoing but Mr Ilyas’s death is not currently being treated as suspicious.