A YOUNG man was found dead in his bed seven years after surviving a serious car crash.
Nathan Richard Jonathan Ridge lived at home with his family in Edmondsham near Verwood. He was aged just 22 when he died on December 9 last year.
An inquest was opened into his death yesterday at Bournemouth Town Hall.
During the opening it was heard that Mr Ridge had spent 10 days in a coma after suffering a head injury during a road traffic collision back in 2009.
The inquest heard that the only indication something was wrong with Mr Ridge was that he had complained of a headache a few days prior to his death.
Then on the morning of December 9 last year Mr Ridge’s father found his son unresponsive.
A post-mortem was carried out on December 15 last year and a provisional cause of death was recorded as “left ventricular failure” caused by “post-traumatic epilepsy.”
The inquest was adjourned until Thursday, November 9.
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