Stephen Shrimpton, who was 40, and passenger Jessica Baker, 15, died after the vehicle crashed on the M53 in Wirral on Friday.
A schoolgirl died after she was partially ejected from her school bus which landed on her after the driver suffered an “event” at the wheel and the vehicle overturned on the motorway, a coroner’s court heard.
Mr Rebello said it was “miraculous” no one else was killed as he gave brief details of the incident during the opening and adjourning of the inquests into the deaths of Jessica and Mr Shrimpton at Liverpool Coroner’s Court. “It is fairly evident that the driver has suffered an event whereby he is seen to slump to his left side and it is at this time that the vehicle leaves the carriageway.”
The inquest hearing was told Mr Shrimpton was pronounced dead at the scene at 8.50am and formally identified by his wife Tania Shrimpton. “And clearly, because I am now considered very old, I suspect there are generations who have never seen these public information films and may not be fully aware that the chances of severe injury or fatal injury are so much reduced by wearing of a seat belt.”
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