A 65-YEAR-OLD woman found unconscious in the street with a severe head injury could have suffered an epileptic seizure, an inquest heard.

Sheila Danks was found by passers-by near her home in Sterte Road, Poole, on the afternoon of August 3 last year, Assistant Dorset Coroner Brendan Allen heard.

The Bournemouth inquest was told Mrs Danks was taken to Southampton Hospital by ambulance where scans revealed extensive bleeding on her brain.