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For Adrian Stock, a 75-year-old pensioner from Brecon, Powys, his beautiful 1951 Trumph Herald was his pride and joy. He loved it so much that he would spend days on end working on it.
According to one of his neighbors, he didn’t do much driving in the classic car, an inquest into his death has heard, as cited by the Sun. Stock spent most of his time working on the red convertible – and it was this what killed him, too. Well, this and negligence.
In March this year, before a rare outing in the car, Stock got under it in the garage, for one last check up. He must have done something wrong, because when the police arrived, the car was at the bottom of the driveway, facing the house, with its rear wheels in the street.
Both axle stands had been dragged with the car down the driveway. Stock suffered fractured ribs and a fractured hip, and he died days later in the hospital, from a heart attack. He had a history of heart problems, the inquest heart.
According to one of Stock’s neighbors, he blamed himself for the freak accident. “Jim was berating himself. He said something like 'I don't know why I pushed it out. I usually drive it out’,” the neighbor said in a statement obtained by the publication.
Another neighbor testified that Stock was always working on the car. As such, he should have known better. “The car is his pride and joy, it is his pet thing. He keeps it in the garage and doesn't drive it around, it's something for him to work on,” the neighbor said.
There were no witnesses to the accident, and the inquest ruled that there were no technical defects to the car. Stock’s death was caused by the injuries sustained in the accident – an accident that could have been prevented.
In March this year, before a rare outing in the car, Stock got under it in the garage, for one last check up. He must have done something wrong, because when the police arrived, the car was at the bottom of the driveway, facing the house, with its rear wheels in the street.
Both axle stands had been dragged with the car down the driveway. Stock suffered fractured ribs and a fractured hip, and he died days later in the hospital, from a heart attack. He had a history of heart problems, the inquest heart.
According to one of Stock’s neighbors, he blamed himself for the freak accident. “Jim was berating himself. He said something like 'I don't know why I pushed it out. I usually drive it out’,” the neighbor said in a statement obtained by the publication.
Another neighbor testified that Stock was always working on the car. As such, he should have known better. “The car is his pride and joy, it is his pet thing. He keeps it in the garage and doesn't drive it around, it's something for him to work on,” the neighbor said.
There were no witnesses to the accident, and the inquest ruled that there were no technical defects to the car. Stock’s death was caused by the injuries sustained in the accident – an accident that could have been prevented.
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