Woman’s death remains a mystery after car plunged off Horseshoe Pass

Cassandra Jayne Dulson suffered multiple injuries when her Vauxhall Corsa left the Horseshoe Pass, near Llangollen, on September 5 last year.

Her car was found by quarry workers 80 metres down a steep drop and her body was close by.

Miss Dulson, 24, from Gorse Close, Ruabon, had been suffering from depression but, the inquest heard she had been looking forward to returning to work.

Nicola Jones, assistant coroner for North Wales East and Central said at the inquest in Ruthin that it would be wrong to speculate that Miss Dulson had committed suicide as thick fog could have been a factor in the car leaving the road.

She recorded a narrative conclusion on the death of Miss Dulson, known as Cassie.

Miss Dulson, who studied TV and film production at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, had been off work for a couple of weeks before her death.

David Yelland, who had recently moved to live on the Horseshoe Pass, told police it was extremely foggy the previous evening and on the morning of the 5th. At about 4am he was woken by a loud revving noise.

His wife Lesley Yelland estimated the visibility at one stage to have been only 5-6 metres, and also pointed out that sheep sometimes slept in the middle of the road.

No mechanical defects were found on the Corsa and collision investigator Gordon Saynor told the inquest that five seconds before the impact Miss Dulson had been travelling at 68mph, which was “inappropriate”.

The accelerator had been 98 per cent depressed and there were no signs of braking or swerving.

“The exact reason why she left the road cannot be established,” he said.