An elderly man who was involved in a minor road ac

An elderly man who was involved in a minor road accident died days later from the shock, an inquest heard today (WEDS).

Retired print worker Simon Glossan, 68, fractured a bone in his leg when he was hit by a car being driven by Anthony Read.

He did not complain of any other pain following the incident, and was expected to make a full recovery.

But the shock of the accident is believed to have caused a heart attack, and Mr Glossan died three days later.

Westminster coroner Dr Paul Knapman said: ‘I think his death has to be linked with this accident – he had a heart attack within hours of it.

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The court heard how diabetic Mr Glossan, of Bethnal Green, east London, was crossing Oakley Square in Camden on Boxing Day last year when the incident happened.

He was yards from reaching the pavement when Mr Read’s silver Vauxhall Cavalier clipped his leg.

Mr Read told the inquest: ‘I looked in my mirror, and suddenly there was just somebody in the middle of the road, hurrying along.

‘I was watching everywhere and he just popped out from nowhere.

I braked and clipped him.

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Police breath-tested Mr Read, of Osnaburgh Street, Regents Park, at the scene, and he was not above the drink-drive limit.

Mr Glossan died on December 29 at the Middlesex Hospital in central London.

A post mortem revealed the cause of death as a heart attack caused by a blood clot due to shock following the accident.

Pathologist Nicholas Hunt said the incident when he was hit by the car would have ‘unsettled’ Mr Glossan, who lived on the Peabody estate in Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green.

Recording a verdict of accidental death, Dr Knapman added: ‘Incidents such as the one Mr Glossan was involved in can shake up the system.

‘He died when he did because of the shock of the road traffic accident.

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Mr Read was questioned by police after the incident, but has not been charged with any offence.

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