Harry Colledge would not have died if a council had fixed a large road crack, a coroner concludes.
A cyclist who suffered a fatal head injury after hitting a large crack in a road would not have died if a council had fixed it, a coroner has concluded.Coroner Kate Bisset said Lancashire County Council failed to previously identify or repair the crack.
The inquest heard the keen cyclist, who was a member of Cleveleys Road Club, was riding along Island Lane with his friend Nigel Mycock. Mr Colledge was treated at the scene and taken to the Royal Preston Hospital but did not regain consciousness.'Breathtakingly obvious' She remarked: "It seems to me to be breathtakingly obvious that the defect shown in the photograph... is the same defect involved in the collision."
The coroner added: "The unrealistic, unsustainable and incomprehensive position adopted by LCC with regards to the presence of the defect on Island Lane leaves me with little confidence that meaningful changes have taken place.
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