AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF A MOTORIST WHO WAS TR

AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF A MOTORIST WHO WAS TRAPPED

IN HER CAR AFTER A TWO-CAR CRASH WAS ADJOURNED AFTER TEN MINUTES

WHEN THE OTHER DRIVER FAILED TO APPEAR AT THE INQUEST.

SOUTHWARK CORONER’S COURT HEARD HOW SUSAN JACQUELINE POWER OF

HARTFIELD ROAD, COWDEN, WAS KILLED ON THE B2026 NEAR EDENBRIDGE AS

SHE DROVE HER VAUXHALL CAVALIER NORTH.

PC BRIAN WOOLLET TOLD THE INQUEST THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE

ACCIDENT IN THE EARLY EVENING ON TUESDAY JULY 1 THIS YEAR MRS POWER

WAS TRAPPED IN THE CAR.

‘THERE WAS A FIAT 128 IN THE HEDGE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE

ROAD AND ITS DRIVER WAS ALSO TRAPPED.

BOTH WERE RELEASED BY THE FIRE

BRIGADE AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.

THERE WERE NO INDEPENDENT WITNESSES SO

WE CANNOT TELL THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH,’ HE SAID.

THE OTHER DRIVER ISABELLA ANN HAIN OF ROSEMOUNT DRIVE,

BRICKLEY, BROMLEY, KENT, WAS NOT PRESENT TO GIVE EVIDENCE AT THE

INQUEST ALTHOUGH THE CORONER’S OFFICER SAID SHE HAD BEEN ASKED TO

ATTEND.

THE INQUEST WAS ADJOURNED UNTIL NEXT WEDNESDAY.

ENDS