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Julian Hopper: His BMW crashed into trees
THE family of a man who died when he lost control of his car on a notorious bend have called for warning signs to alert other motorists to the danger.
Julian Hopper, 31, of Brackenburgh Cottages, Calthwaite, died when he lost control of his BMW and crashed into trees.
The accident happened on the B5305 Penrith to Wigton road at the point where a sudden bend and dip comes after a long straight stretch.
An inquest heard there have been three other accidents in the same place this year.
After the inquest the dead man’s brother, Ralph Hopper, 23, appealed to the authorities to put up signs warning motorists of hidden dips and bends.
He said: “With all the accidents that are happening there I think someone should do something about it. Either signpost it better or put a speed limit there.
“I don’t want anyone else to go through what we have had to go through.”
Julian Hopper, a self-employed relief milker, was driving to see his girlfriend in Whitehaven when the accident happened just before 7.30pm on February 21.
Farmer Dennis Charlton, of Crown Point, Skelton, heard the sound of braking and then the impact while he was watching television with his wife.
The severity of the impact split the car into two pieces and threw debris high into the trees.
He said: “I thought there were two cars at first because one part was on the road and the other part, still with the lights on, was down in the wood.”
PC Ged Doran, who investigated the accident, said at first he thought another car was involved because of marks on the verge, but then realised that at least two other cars had recently gone off the road at the same place.
He said he found nothing wrong with the road or the car and there was nothing to suggest that Mr Hopper had been ill or unwell.
He said the crash could have been caused by a number of factors, including harsh or inappropriate breaking, going too fast for the road conditions or the driver’s capabilities, loss of concentration or even trying to avoid an animal that had strayed into his path.
North-east Cumbria coroner David Osborne recorded a verdict of accidental death.
He said: “We can’t say with any certainty why he lost control though I do agree that the major factor seems to have been speed.”
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=410189
THE family of a man who died when he lost control of his car on a notorious bend have called for warning signs to alert other motorists to the danger.
Julian Hopper, 31, of Brackenburgh Cottages, Calthwaite, died when he lost control of his BMW and crashed into trees.
The accident happened on the B5305 Penrith to Wigton road at the point where a sudden bend and dip comes after a long straight stretch.
An inquest heard there have been three other accidents in the same place this year.
After the inquest the dead man’s brother, Ralph Hopper, 23, appealed to the authorities to put up signs warning motorists of hidden dips and bends.
He said: “With all the accidents that are happening there I think someone should do something about it. Either signpost it better or put a speed limit there.
“I don’t want anyone else to go through what we have had to go through.”
Julian Hopper, a self-employed relief milker, was driving to see his girlfriend in Whitehaven when the accident happened just before 7.30pm on February 21.
Farmer Dennis Charlton, of Crown Point, Skelton, heard the sound of braking and then the impact while he was watching television with his wife.
The severity of the impact split the car into two pieces and threw debris high into the trees.
He said: “I thought there were two cars at first because one part was on the road and the other part, still with the lights on, was down in the wood.”
PC Ged Doran, who investigated the accident, said at first he thought another car was involved because of marks on the verge, but then realised that at least two other cars had recently gone off the road at the same place.
He said he found nothing wrong with the road or the car and there was nothing to suggest that Mr Hopper had been ill or unwell.
He said the crash could have been caused by a number of factors, including harsh or inappropriate breaking, going too fast for the road conditions or the driver’s capabilities, loss of concentration or even trying to avoid an animal that had strayed into his path.
North-east Cumbria coroner David Osborne recorded a verdict of accidental death.
He said: “We can’t say with any certainty why he lost control though I do agree that the major factor seems to have been speed.”
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=410189
