A ROAD junction is being remodelled following a crash which resulted in the death of a father-of-two.
Machinist Iqbal Alli, aged 55, died two days after being thrown from his car when it was in a collision with another vehicle.
An inquest heard how a Mercedes car being driven by Mr Ahmed Bhamji may have gone through a red light because the driver confused the signal with the "vivid green" of a pedestrian crossing 40 metres away.
Mr Alli, of Pendlebury Street, Halliwell, died of massive internal brain injuries on September 25 last year. Two days earlier, he had crashed while pulling out at the junction of Ullswater Street and Blackburn Road, Bolton, at about 11.15pm.
Mr Alli's son Yunus told Bolton Coroners Court he had arrived at the scene shortly afterwards to see his father lying in the road.
He said: "He was screaming because he had a head injury."
The court heard that two motorists travelling north along Blackburn Road had stopped at a red light when the car being driven by Mr Bhamji came through in the opposite direction and collided with Mr Alli.
Traffic light engineer Susan Simons said the signals would have been on red but that pedestrian lights 40 metres along the road would have been on green if no-one was crossing.
Traffic officer PC Karl Roddie showed the court a photograph of the junction taken at night. He said: "The green from the pedestrian crossing at that time of night dominated the junction."
However, fitness coach Mr Bhamji had told police: "I do know I went through a green light - 100 per cent."
PC Roddie told the court there was no suggestion of dangerous driving on the part of Mr Bhamji.
Recording a verdict of accidental death, deputy coroner Alan Walsh said: "I have seen the photograph. Although digitally enhanced, it does show the green light of the pedestrian crossing much more vividly than the pale red light at the junction."
Mr Walsh said the council was in the process of remodelling the junction to remove the pedestrian crossing and install pedestrian lights at the junction.
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