Teen’s inquest suspended after crash arrest

An inquest into the death of a teenager has been opened and suspended, as police continue to investigate the crash that killed him.

Timothy Paul Jolley, 19, of Ulverston, Cumbria, died in the two-vehicle collision on the A5087 Coast Road at Rampside, near Barrow, on 6 June.

During a hearing at Cockermouth Coroner's Court, coroner Margaret Taylor said Mr Jolley was the front seat passenger of a Volkswagen, which was struck from behind by an Audi.

Cumbria Police said the Audi driver, a 20-year-old man from Barrow, had been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving while over the prescribed limit of a specified drug.