An inquest has been opened into the death of a man hit by a vehicle on a garage forecourt in Flintshire.

Car delivery driver Nigel Sedgwick, 64, was working at the Premier Garage in Chester Road, Bretton, on May 3 when he was hit by a pick-up truck which was reversing.

Mr Sedgwick, of Formby Way, Bloxwich, Walsall, was trapped under the vehicle for a while and after being freed was taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital, where he was confirmed as having died.

At the opening of an inquest in Ruthin John Gittins, senior coroner for North Wales East and Central, said CCTV footage showed that he had fallen under the truck’s rear wheels.

Following a post-mortem examination Home Office pathologist Dr Brian Rodgers gave a provisional cause of death as severe chest injuries.

Adjourning the inquest to a date to be fixed, the coroner said that North Wales Police were continuing their investigations into the incident.