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image captionSteven Oscroft s wife and two grandchildren were with him in the car when he died
A much-loved grandfather was killed when a concrete slab fell from a lorry load and smashed through his car windscreen, an inquest has heard.
Steven Oscroft, 60, was driving along Netherfield Lane near Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire, on 7 July last year when the object hit his car.
Assistant coroner Gordon Clow said Mr Oscroft died instantly after suffering extensive traumatic head injuries .
He concluded his death was from a rare traffic collision . Catastrophic
Nottingham Coroner s Court heard the accident happened about 11:35 BST as Mr Oscroft, from Shirebrook, Derbyshire, drove his wife and two grandchildren home from a morning strawberry picking.
Wife of driver recalls fatal moment concrete hurtled towards windscreen, killing husband
Steven Oscroft died at the scene
18:56, 4 MAY 2021
Updated
Steven Oscroft, of Shirebrook, Derbyshire.
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Details have been shared in court of the moment a piece of concrete came out of a tipper lorry and smashed into a car s windscreen, leading to the death of the driver.
Inquest opens into death of man on A1 (M) near Nottinghamshire village
The coroner offered her deepest condolences to the family .
12:05, 22 APR 2021
Farren Rawnsley
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A coroner has officially opened an inquest into the death of a man on a stretch of motorway near Blyth.
Deaths of couple who died in Selston car crash to be examined by coroner
Enquiries are ongoing
11:08, 22 APR 2021
Updated
Lee Theakstone, 45 and Jane Theakstone, 49 died in the crash in Selston on Saturday, December 19
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An inquest into the death a married couple in a car crash has been opened and adjourned in Nottingham.
Tragic final moments of Nottingham man Tony Cook s life heard during inquest
He posted letters through the door of relative expressing his goodbyes
15:00, 1 APR 2021
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