A dad killed after he was hit by a piece of metal which fell 'from the sky' during Storm Eunice was in the 'wrong place at the wrong time' a coroner has said. Retired Royal Mail worker Stephen Matthews, 68, was in the front passenger seat of a Citroen van on February 18 when the 15ft piece of metal pierced the windscreen of the vehicle and struck him in the neck, an inquest heard.
The father-of-two had been travelling home to Aintree, Merseyside, after helping his friend with gardening work when the incident happened shortly after 2pm on the Switch Island junction in Netherton. A police road traffic report by Sergeant Steve Smith said the piece of debris 'appeared from the sky' before hitting the van.
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