Cambridgeshire coroner fears more deaths on flooding A-road

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Cambridgeshire coroner fears more deaths on flooding A-road
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A coroner says unless the 'risk of standing water is reassessed' there could be more fatalities.

Simon Milburn outlined his fears about a stretch of the westbound A1307 at Hemingford, Cambridgeshire, following 62-year-old Colin McCallum's death nearly a year ago.

The coroner said the motorist lost control when he hit a patch of water on the dual carriageway near Huntingdon on at about 15:45 BST on 14 July last year.

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