A RETIRED builder died at Salisbury District Hospital from his injuries in a car crash he was involved in 33 years ago, an inquest heard.

Adam Dean Price, of Park Lane, Alderholt, Fordingbridge, died on April 22, 2022.

An inquest, held on October 17 at Wiltshire and Swindon Coroners Court, heard that the cause of Mr Price's death was a spinal cord injury as a result of his collision.

The 60-year-old suffered quadriplegia after he hit a stationary articulated lorry in Andover on August 4, 1989.

A statement from his wife Rosie Price told the inquest that Mr Price had to be cut out of his car and was taken to hospital. He spent one year rehabilitating.

Thirty-three years on, Mr Price was admitted to Salisbury District Hospital on August 11 because he was short of breath.

He was transferred to the intensive care unit with respiratory failure on August 13.

Area coroner Ian Singleton told the inquest that the "best outcome" for Mr Price would have been long-term supported breathing and dialysis.

Mr Price's family expressed to doctors that he was "ready to die" and he passed away nine days later.

Following Mr Price's incident in 1989 other conditions were diagnosed as a result of the spinal cord injury which ultimately led to additional causes of death.

These included obstructive sleep apnoea, type 2 diabetes, and nephrotic syndrome due to diabetic nephropathy.

Mr Singleton concluded the cause of Mr Price's death as a road traffic collision.

He said: "I offer my sincere condolences for the loss."

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