Man was found dead in car on busy road
Traffic officers puzzled by a car parked in a lay-by on a busy trunk road found the driver had killed himself.
Gary Tolley, 55, of Crew Green was found in the driver’s seat of a BMW alongside the A483 Gresford by-pass at Wrexham on August 1.
At an inquest in Ruthin, John Gittins, senior coroner for North Wales East and Central, recorded a conclusion of suicide.
In a statement, traffic officer Mathew Bone said he spotted the BMW while attending a broken-down vehicle on the opposite carriageway.
When he went to investigate he found Mr Tolley slumped in the driver’s seat.
Paramedics confirmed that Mr Tolley had died at the scene.
The coroner heard that the father of three and a maintenance engineer had been diagnosed with cancer in 2016 and that had affected his wellbeing.
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