An inquest has been opened into the death of a 29-year-old man who crashed into the central reservation on a busy road.

The family of a teenager who died after taking too many painkillers have questioned why she was prescribed the pills after three previous overdoses.

The cause of death for a Kent couple killed after a yacht they were on sunk is still unknown, an inquest has heard.

A man may have suffered a ‘violent or unnatural’ death at a beach as he was called repeatedly by his son throughout the morning, an inquest has heard.

A fatal explosion that tragically claimed the life of a much-loved mum is believed to have been triggered by gas in her kitchen, an inquest has heard.

A hospital trust has been told to take action following the “avoidable” death of a primary school teacher.

A 17-year-old girl who attended a festival at Dreamland died after taking drugs which she may have bought in Kent days earlier, an inquest has heard.

A pensioner died after choking on chicken nuggets at a care home because staff failed to cut up his food and monitor his eating.

A young woman whose body was found in undergrowth 12 days after she was reported missing died of cocaine toxicity.

A much-loved 18-year-old who died at a railway station was electrocuted on a live line before later being struck by a train, an inquest has heard.

A van driver who knocked down and killed a seven-year-old boy would have only had a split-second to react before the collision, an inquest has heard.

An inquest has opened into the death of a “unique” dad who was “loved by everyone”.

A private ambulance driver died after his van drifted into the path of a lorry.

A 32-year-old took eight lines of cocaine and lost control of his car before a fatal crash.

A 64-year-old man at the centre of a murder probe died from stab wounds to the chest, a coroner has heard.

A retired GP died from a gunshot wound and his wife had fatal levels of potassium cyanide, an inquest has heard.

Police officers found a suspected murder victim in his flat with a “knife between his shoulder blades”, an inquest heard.

A geologist suspected of having been murdered by his wife died from stab wounds to the chest, an inquest heard this morning.

A grandad-of-two died after he suffered an epileptic seizure while walking his dog.

A coroner has concluded a dad-of-three found dead in a chalet died from two gunshot wounds to his chest.