Maxwell Williams jumped to his death from Taplow Bridge. Image by Google. A Burnham man who jumped to his death from a Bucks railway bridge had been “stressed” and “frustrated” about coronavirus and lockdown, an inquest has heard. On Wednesday, January 20, multiple police officers were on the scene at Taplow Railway Bridge, going over the A4 Bath Road, when 74-year-old Maxwell Williams jumped around 40 feet down onto the road. Mr Williams, of Almond Road in Burnham, was pronounced dead on the scene. At an inquest into his death yesterday (Wednesday) Beaconsfield Coroners Court heard how police officers had been called to the scene at around noon, where they saw Mr Williams standing on the bridge.
Sheila Colls passed away in her care home after choking on a Brussels sprout she was eating for lunch. A 96-year-old Bucks woman died in a care home after choking on a Brussels sprout. Sheila Colls, who was originally from Slough but lived in Swarthmore Care Home in Gerrards Cross, passed away on January 31, an inquest at Beaconsfield Coroners Court heard. The court heard how Ms Colls, a retired secretary, was in bed when she was served her lunch in her room at the care home at around 12.40pm. Four minutes later, staff noticed that she was ringing her bell, and rushed to help her when they saw she was choking.
Marion Wickham died a few days after she fell accidentally at home. A 91-year-old-woman who was found “with her little dog next to her” after falling at home died from her injuries at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Marion Wickham passed away in hospital on Monday, January 25, five days after she fell in her house in Thame Road, in Princes Risborough Mrs Wickham was found by her neighbour on January 19, who just the day before had stayed the night at her house because the 91-year-old had developed a fear that people were living in her bedrooms without her knowledge. At an inquest on Wednesday, coroner Crispin Butler stated that the accidental fall was the cause of Mrs Wickham’s death, as it resulted in her suffering a traumatic subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage, causing “irreversible” bleeding on her brain.
30-minute delay in raising alarm for devastating fire could have contributed to man s death A 30-minute delay could have contributed to a man dying in a fire in Bucks, an inquest heard this week. Richard Owen, 58, sadly died after a fire broke out in his room at Round Coppice Farm – a multi-occupancy home for people with mental health illnesses in Denham Road, Iver – in the early hours of the morning of April 10, 2019. Beaconsfield Coroner’s Court was told a support worker, who had just started with the company which runs the home for people with low to moderate mental health issues, went to and from his office to the fire panel for almost half an hour before going to check on Mr Owen’s room, where the fire was then found to have started.
An elderly Aylesbury woman who was alone for several hours after falling at home died from her injuries several weeks later. An elderly Aylesbury woman who fell in her home and was not found for several hours died nearly two months later from head injuries, a coroner has found. Margaret Copcutt died at Stoke Mandeville hospital on January 20 following a fall which took place on December 4, at her home in Home Close, Western Turville. At an inquest at Beaconsfield Coroners’ Court on Thursday, the court heard how Ms Copcutt, who was 85 years old, sustained head and facial injuries when she fell. She was not found for two to three hours afterwards, when her son came to her aid.