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Ferrari driver suffered 'severe injuries' - coroner

Robby West
BBC News, Norfolk
Reporting fromNorfolk Coroners Court
Facebook Benjamin Gladman kneeling on a beach with a dog. Mr Gladman, who has light brown hair and a beard, is wearing a beige short-sleeved shirt and blue trousers. He is barefoot. He has his right hand on the back of the dog, which is a German Shepherd-type breed.Facebook
Benjamin Gladman, from Essex, died in a crash in Norfolk on 25 January

A driver who crashed a Ferrari into a tree suffered "severe traumatic injuries", an inquest was told.

The sports car - driven by 31-year-old Benjamin Gladman - left the road in Bow Hill, near Marlingford, Norfolk, at 14:55 GMT on 25 January.

Former Prime Minister Lord David Cameron was among the first on the scene.

The opening of the inquest into the death of Mr Gladman, who was from Brentwood, in Essex, took place on Friday at a coroner's court in Norwich.

The road the crash happened on. It is a single-lane road with trees on either side. There is a blue sign in the foreground that says "Fatal collision here". There are two more blue signs placed at intervals along the road.
The road was closed for six hours following the crash

Norfolk area coroner Samantha Goward told the hearing the cause of Mr Gladman's death was "multiple severe traumatic injuries".

She adjourned the inquest until 30 October.

A woman in her 30s who was a passenger in the Ferrari was taken to hospital with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries, Norfolk Police said.

The force confirmed Lord Cameron's close protection officers had provided first aid at the scene "immediately".

Reuters A head-and-shoulders shot of David Cameron. He is wearing a blue jacket, shirt and tie. The background - a house and a tree - is out of focus.Reuters
The ex-Conservative PM was believed to have been on a shooting weekend nearby

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