A teenager and his parents were killed when their car, travelling at more than 100mph, crashed on the M5, an inquest has heard. Andrew Moore, 46, Swala Harling, 47, and Sebastian Moore, 14, were killed when their BMW left the northbound carriageway of the M5 in South Gloucestershire on the evening of May 30 last year. Eyewitnesses described seeing the estate car undertaking, crossing lanes of the motorway and driving up the hard shoulder at high speed.
This reads as if the vehicle was acting under its own steam, irrespective of human control and guidance.
Coroner Dr Peter Harrowing said there was "insufficient evidence" to support a conclusion that Andrew had suffered a medical episode or crashed the car on purpose. He recorded conclusions of deaths caused by a road traffic collision.
Other motorists had a different view.
Motorist Andrew Harding said: "Not only was the car driving fast, but I could see it had its hazard lights on.
"I formed the opinion it appeared like someone apart from the driver was trying to steer.
"By this I mean it appeared that whoever was in control of the car was over-compensating, causing the car to swerve from side to side."
Now, it usually is, of course, possible for a front seat passenger to activate the hazards and a medical episode needn’t have been the cause, unless there’s evidence to rule out an argument or a struggle for control of the vehicle?
The inquest was told Andrew had epilepsy and had undergone an aortic valve replacement and had a pacemaker fitted.
Oh. But presumably that would have left a forensic trace?
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