Inquests have been opened into the death of a father and son who died after they were involved in a multi-vehicle crash in Mansfield. John Daniel Woodcock and Lewis Herbie Woodcock died on the evening of January 15 this year after a collision earlier that day.
Mr Woodcock was 44 years old, whilst his son Lewis was just two. Mairin Casey, HM Coroner for Nottinghamshire, opened the inquests into the death of John and Lewis Woodcock on Friday, September 2.
The hearing held at Nottingham's Council House in the Old Market Square heard that Mr Woodcock died at the King's Mill Hospital in Sutton in Ashfield, whilst his son Lewis died at the Queen's Medical Centre. Both of them were identified in hospital by Mr Woodcock's wife.
It followed a three-car crash on Chesterfield Road North, close to the junction with Pleasley Hill, which happened just after 6.10pm. Mairin Casey opened both inquests separately, beginning with John Woodcock, followed by Lewis.
In regards to the death of John Woodcock, Mairin Casey said: "John Woodcock died at the King's Mill Hospital and he was identified on the evening of January 15 by his wife, Mrs Caroline Woodcock. He was identified at the King's Mill Hospital, where Mrs Woodcock attended with uniformed police officers.
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"The provisional cause of death at this stage, which is likely to be accepted, is multiple traumatic injuries and road traffic collision." In regards to the death of Lewis Woodcock, Mairin Casey said: "Lewis Woodcock died at the Queen's Medical Centre, where he had gone to receive medical treatment.
"He was identified once again by Mrs Caroline Woodcock, his mother, and she did this in the presence of police officers at the hospital. The cause of death at this stage is multiple traumatic injuries obtained during the course of a road traffic collision."
The Coroner added that the matter was still subject to a police investigation, but that the case was unlikely to go to a full inquest hearing.
Despite the publicity around the tragedy, Nottinghamshire Police said that it handed tickets out to 13 speeding motorists along the stretch of road where John and Lewis died two months afterwards. Speeds recorded in the 30mph zone ranged from 36 to 48mph during the operation in March.
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