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Coroner Finds Cocaine Impairment and Driver Error Behind Fatal School Bus Collision

The verdict records that both victims died of traumatic brain injuries in hospital following the October collision

Overview

  • Assistant Coroner Guy Davies concluded that the crash was a road traffic incident caused by the driver losing control under the influence of cocaine
  • Toxicology tests at the inquest showed 31-year-old Sian Goffin had taken cocaine before the October 14 collision on Meaver Road in Mullion, Cornwall
  • The 15-month-old passenger, Jago Bawden, survived the initial impact but died three days later at Bristol Children’s Hospital
  • Sian Goffin succumbed to her injuries at Derriford Hospital two days after the collision
  • The coroner’s report did not recommend any criminal charges or further legal measures beyond the recorded conclusion