Inquest opens into classic car driver's death on A34

 <i>(Image: Hampshire Constabulary)</i>
(Image: Hampshire Constabulary)
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THE inquest has opened into the death of a driver of a classic car killed on the A34 near Winchester.

The hearing heard that William Tilsley, 63, of Jermyns Lane, Ampfield, was travelling south on the A34 on Saturday September 5 when it was in collision with another vehicle.

Mr Tilsley was driving a distinctive Austin A35. The police have appealed for witnesses.

The inquest was told there was no preliminary cause of death and there needs to be further investigation.

Area coroner Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp, sitting at Winchester, adjourned the hearing until March 19. It has a time estimate of two hours.

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