The coroner has identified the man who died in the early hours of June 13 in a stolen car that collided with a lorry on a major road. Mr. Hughes, 51, of Meyrick Close, Bransgore, died at the scene after police rushed to the scene at 3.16am.
The collision involved an HGV lorry and a silver Peugeot 107 on the A326 at the intersection with Monkton Lane in Totton.
The road was closed in both directions between Fletchwood Road and A35 Hunters Hill for approximately 12 hours.
On Thursday, June 20, the inquest was opened at Winchester Coroners’ Court by the local coroner, Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp.
The official cause of death was listed as various injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
This follows an appeal by the police for crash witnesses.
They confirmed the Peugeot 107 had been equipped with a cloned license plate and had been stolen from Fordingbridge Car Park, Round Hill at Fordingbridge on December 23 last year.
Just before police arrived, it was also thought that another car had been at the scene of the collision.
On July 2 of next year, there will be a complete inquest investigating Mr. Hughes’s death.
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