Driver killed by thermal shock
16th November 2000, Page 12
16th November 2000
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Page 12, 16th November 2000
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• A Norbert Dentressarigio driver suffered heart failure hi Italy after he stepped out of his heated cab into sub-zero temperatures, an inquest has heard.
Italian doctors who examined the body of Penrith-basod driver David Boyce concluded that it was the shock of emerging from his heated cab into the freezing temperature that killed him.
Pathologist Ervine Long said: "He probably got up to spend a penny and the sudden impact of the cold night caused a sudden collapse and thermal shock."
Boyce was making a routine trip through the Santla region of Italy in 1998 when the incident happened, East Cumbrian coroner Ian Morton recorded a verdict of accidental death.