Student, 18, died after crashing into tree, inquest hears
Daniel MacMillan, 18, died following a single vehicle crash on East Ruston Road near Happisburgh. Photo: Casey Cooper-Fiske - Credit: Archant
An 18-year-old student died after crashing into a tree, an inquest has heard.
Daniel MacMillan, from London, died at the scene of the crash on East Ruston Road in Lessingham.
He had been driving a silver Ford Fiesta which hit a tree on August 27.
The crash closed the road and stopped buses services into the coastal village.
An inquest opened into his death opened on Tuesday September 1 at Norfolk Coroner’s Court in Norwich.
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The court heard Mr MacMillan was a student and was born in Islington in North London.
Area coroner Yvonne Blake gave the medical cause of death as traumatic brain injury due to a road traffic collision.
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The inquest has been adjourned until February 25 next year.
