This story is from the Evening Chronicle:
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A forgotten cycle helmet lay behind a crash which robbed a woman of her
husband a fortnight before their first wedding anniversary.
Simon Beauchamp made a U-turn on the A1, with his wife Kerry, 27, and a
family friend in the car, to go back to their Alnwick home to collect
the helmet.
But their car was hit broadside by another car driven by Adam Smallwood.
Thirty-year-old Mr Beauchamp died after the driver's compartment took
the full force of a horrendous impact. His two passengers were shocked
and shaken but not injured.
Recording a verdict of accidental death, north Northumberland coroner
Ian McCreath said: "It must have been Mr Beauchamp's intention to drive
his vehicle back north up the A1. For some inexplicable reason he pulled
out into the path of the vehicle driven by Mr Smallwood."
He lost his life through a "simple, minor mistake".
The inquest on Tuesday heard how the Beauchamps' car stopped in the
layby on Felton bypass as it headed south shortly after 6pm on August 19.
Motorist Jeanne Speed said in her rear view mirror she saw it pull out
until it was broadside across the road and was hit.
Police accident investigator, PC John Middleton, said his examination of
the skid marks had shown Mr Smallwood reacted well in the circumstances.
In his opinion, no blame could be attached to him for the accident.
The inquest heard a medical report giving the cause of death as multiple
injuries. No alcohol or drugs were present.
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