{"id":16385,"date":"2022-06-01T21:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1653462"},"modified":"2022-06-01T21:19:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:19:55","slug":"coronation-streets-imran-habeeb-dies-in-shock-collapse-after-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-streets-imran-habeeb-dies-in-shock-collapse-after-car-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Imran Habeeb dies in shock collapse after car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 01 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The outcome of Coronation Street\u2019s<\/a> dramatic car crash has been revealed, as Imran Habeeb (Charlie de Melo) passed away in shocking scenes tonight (1st June).<\/p>\n

His death was the culmination of several weeks of drama, bringing his battle with Abi Webster<\/a> (Sally Carman) over their baby son Alfie to a close. Imran had been confronted over framing Abi for buying and using drugs<\/a>, and was about to confess everything when he was stopped in his tracks by a car crash<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath, an injured Imran was the first to regain consciousness. As scaffolding fell on top of the vehicle at an alarming rate, Imran called for an ambulance, pleading with them to hurry as Toyah wasn\u2019t moving and they were both still in danger.<\/p>\n

Managing to free himself from the car, Imran rushed over to Toyah as she began to stir, pulling her out of the wreckage. Terrified that she wasn\u2019t going to survive, Imran cradled her in his arms, telling her how sorry he was and pledging to be a better man.<\/p>\n

Thankfully for Toyah, an ambulance arrived and it was confirmed she was going to be okay. Friend and local policeman Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) arrived at the scene, supporting Imran and exclaiming amazement that he and Toyah were OK. But just as Imran was demanding to travel to the hospital beside his wife, he suddenly collapsed.<\/p>\n

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Imran rescued Toyah, but later died in Coronation Street (ITV)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>As an emotional Craig watched on, paramedics tried to revive Imran, who had suffered a cardiac arrest. But ultimately, he was pronounced dead. As Toyah began to recuperate, she was broken to hear that Imran didn\u2019t make it \u2013 and the police had questions for her, Abi and Kevin (Michael Le Vell) over the car.\n

It was a powerful final performance from actor Charlie de Melo, who has played Imran since 2017 \u2013 and here he reveals how he feels about saying farewell to Corrie, as well as filming his exit storyline.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a strange feeling because, specifically the final week itself, where a lot of effort had been put into it to get it sorted out and a lot of different departments were pulling together to make sure that the scale of it was as big as it feasibly could be. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo there was a real impending burden on my \u2013 well I felt like there was anyway, there may not have been, but it felt like: \u2018Oh no I\u2019ve got to get this right, oh no!\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He adds that he also wanted to honour the remainder of the story arc, and co-star Georgia Taylor. \u201cSo the fact that it seemed to go well, and the fact that Georgia was happy with it \u2013 because I think this might be a question you\u2019re asking me later \u2013 but because it dovetails so much into what she\u2019s going to be doing moving forwards, the fact that she was happy with it, it meant a lot.<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cBut it also meant that, by the end of that final week, it was just a sort of sense of relief that I didn\u2019t bring the show into disrepute. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve done all of those other departments that worked so hard, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve done them dirty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked how he feels about being killed off, the star says he\u2019s sad that it means his time working with so many people is at a permanent end. \u201cWhat it does mean is I have come to terms with the fact that chances are I\u2019ll never work with Georgia again, I\u2019ll never work with Millie [Gibson] again, I\u2019ll never work with Jane [Danson] again or Ben [Price] again, or any of these wonderful actors that I\u2019ve had the joy of working with in such close proximity and with such frequency.<\/span><\/p>\n

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