The family of an 18-year-old Bradford student killed in a 127mph horror crash on the M62 will attend a plaque-unveiling ceremony at his former school.

Tanveer Iqab Ali, known to his friends as Tanny, was killed when a Volkswagen Golf being driven by his best friend Faad Hussain smashed into a lorry in 2008.

Hussain was racing another friend, Hamza Ahmed, who was driving a Toyota Corolla down the motorway at speeds of nearly 130mph.

Hussain and Ahmed were jailed for six years each for what was described in Court as a “tragic, senseless and reprehensible piece of driving”.

Mr Ali’s father, Niaz Ali, 53, will attend the unveiling of a plaque in his son’s memory at Tong School, where his “hero” son was an A-Level student.

Mr Ali, of Parkside Road, West Bowling, said the lasting memorial would also act as a warning to other young people.

He said: “This should send a message out to other young lads what can happen when they drive powerful cars too fast.

“Their parents should also be warned that they shouldn’t buy their sons fast cars as soon as they pass their tests.”

Mrs Lyn O’Reilly, head teacher of Tong School, in Westgate Hill Street, will unveil the memorial on Tuesday.

Mr Ali will be joined at the ceremony by his daughters, Maryam, 30, Salma, 28, Farah, 25 and Safeena, 24.

Paying tribute to his son this week, Mr Ali said: “Tanveer was a brilliant lad, a hero who was very popular.” An IT student, Tanveer Ali had won a place to study at Leeds University.

He had been a volunteer at Bradford Youth Initiative, taking under his wing youngsters from his neighbourhood.

He set up the West Bowling Dragons football club, organising grants to get the team off the ground.

Shortly before his death he had been organising visits from West Bowling Youth Centre, in Parkside Road, to a police station. It was part of a project aimed at deterring youngsters from crime.

Hussain, of Summerlands Grove, West Bowling and Ahmed, of Bradford, were sent to a young offenders institution after they admitted causing death by dangerous driving.

Hussain was unsuccessful in appealing his sentence at a hearing at Bradford Crown Court in October last year.