Elderly couple died after wife drove into path of lorry on A49, inquest hears

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Elderly couple died after wife drove into path of lorry on A49, inquest hears
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An elderly woman drove deliberately into the path of a lorry and caused a crash in which both she and her husband died, an inquest heard.

The crash happened on the A49 near Ludlow. Photo: @SouthShropCops

Mrs Bashford, 79, from Richards Castle, was the carer for her husband, David, 78, who had Parkinson’s and was immobile, he said. Accident investigators found that neither Mr nor Mrs Bashford were wearing seatbelts and that the Skoda had been travelling at about 50 miles an hour.

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