AN occupational health manager died after losing control of his car and careering head-on into an oncoming vehicle, an inquest heard.
August Biadacz died of head injuries in Southampton Hospital’s neurological unit three weeks after the horror crash on a notorious stretch of the A31 in Dorset on Friday January 14.
District coroner Sheriff Payne heard the 57-year-old father-of-two was heading west near Stag’s Gate when he lost control and failed to negotiate a bend at around 2.40pm.
His silver Renault Megane collided with a BMW, being driven by Anthony Alexander from Chandlers Ford, the Bournemouth inquest was told.
Just last month South Dorset MP Richard Drax called for safety measures to be put in place due to the number of accidents at the location.
He said: “We’ve asked to reduce the speed limit but been told by the Highways Agency that’s not going to happen.
“So we would urge rumble strips and a flashing sign saying ‘dangerous corner’ and ‘slow down’.”
The inquest heard Mr Biadacz, known as Oggie, was on his way to his Plymouth home after spending the working week in Portsmouth.
Mr Alexander told the inquest: “I was completely shocked at the sight of this car – it was on my side of the road, travelling towards my car.”
He too suffered serious injuries including a broken neck, broken back, six fractured ribs and a punctured lung.
Mr Payne was told both vehicles were travelling within the speed limit and being driven correctly immediately before the crash.
Recording a verdict of accidental death, he said: “There are multiple signs to indicate that this is a major bend in the road. Mr Alexander had no opportunity to avoid this collision.
“We will never know exactly why or what happened – he knew this route well and there is no reason why he should not have been aware of the bend.”
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