David Longdon: the progressive rock singer died after falling down the stairs
David Longdon: the progressive rock singer died after falling down the stairs
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A prog rock s Inger died after falling down the stairs at his home, an inquest has heard.
David Longdon, who joined Big Big Train in 2009, has was taken to hospital on November 19 last year after being found by his partner at his home in Nottingham.
The 56-year-old died at Queen's Medical Center the next day.
Recording a finding of accidental death, Deputy Coroner Fiona Gingell said he suffered head injuries "unsurvivable".
Nottingham Coroner's Court heard that Mr Longdon's partner heard him get up at around 0300 GMT, and soon after heard a loud bang and "strange noises".
She found him at the foot of the stairs, which was described as steep and "black as black" at night due to a fire door downstairs.
Although his partner called emergency services and performed "very bravely" CPR at the scene, the inquest heard that Mr Longdon had suffered a number of "traumatic" injuries which left him with "no reasonable hope of recovery".
p class=" ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Ms Gingell said an autopsy report identified head injuries as the cause of death.'Sad loss'
Agreeing with Mr Longdon's companion that "it was clearly an accident", she added that although toxicology tests found "a low social level" of alcohol in the blood, it was not was neither drunk nor under the influence at the time of his fall.
"As a result of the fall, he suffered traumatic head injuries and insurmo ntables which were the direct cause of his death," she said.
A prog rock s Inger died after falling down the stairs at his home, an inquest has heard.
David Longdon, who joined Big Big Train in 2009, has was taken to hospital on November 19 last year after being found by his partner at his home in Nottingham.
The 56-year-old died at Queen's Medical Center the next day.
Recording a finding of accidental death, Deputy Coroner Fiona Gingell said he suffered head injuries "unsurvivable".
Nottingham Coroner's Court heard that Mr Longdon's partner heard him get up at around 0300 GMT, and soon after heard a loud bang and "strange noises".
She found him at the foot of the stairs, which was described as steep and "black as black" at night due to a fire door downstairs.
Although his partner called emergency services and performed "very bravely" CPR at the scene, the inquest heard that Mr Longdon had suffered a number of "traumatic" injuries which left him with "no reasonable hope of recovery".
p class=" ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Ms Gingell said an autopsy report identified head injuries as the cause of death.'Sad loss'
Agreeing with Mr Longdon's companion that "it was clearly an accident", she added that although toxicology tests found "a low social level" of alcohol in the blood, it was not was neither drunk nor under the influence at the time of his fall.
"As a result of the fall, he suffered traumatic head injuries and insurmo ntables which were the direct cause of his death," she said.
Image source, Prog Magazine
