THE DRIVER who survived a horror crash on the A413 which claimed the lives of two young women died after accidentally overdosing on anti-depressants and painkillers two months later, an inquest heard.
Scott Thorn, 25, was driving his Renault Clio back from Winkers nightclub in Chalfont St Peter in November last year, when it veered across the central reservation of the A413 and ploughed into a tree, killing passengers Nicole Hithchings-Wooden and Casey Robson, both 20.
He broke his leg in the incident, and was prescribed tramadol for the pain, and was also known to be taking the anti depressant temazepam for depression following a separate incident in 2007.
An inquest into his death at West London Coroner's Court held on Friday, July 8 heard that Mr Thorn, of Northolt, was found dead at his late grandmother's home on January 19 this year.
His girlfriend, Katy Sandim, had found him unresponsive and raised the alarm. Medics were unable to revive him.
High levels of the painkiller tramadol, plus temazepan, were found in his body. Although the amounts taken in isolation were not fatal, the mix would have resulted in his death, according to coroner Lorna Tagliavini.
A the time of his death, Mr Thorn was still under police investigation for the crash at the time of his death, and the inquest into the deaths of Nicole and Casey, held last month, heard other passengers in the car say that he had been driving very quickly before the accident, and was "doing wheel spins" before the accident occurred.
After the car accident, his car caught fire, but Mr Thorn was pulled from the wreckage by coach driver David Searle.
At Friday's inquest, Mr Thorn's mother, Lorraine Charge, disputed the suggestion that her son had deliberately taken an overdose.
Ms Tagliavini said at the hearing that she was not certain that Mr Thorn had intended to take his own life, and recorded a verdict of accidental death.
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