A MAN who was driving after drinking alcohol and taking drugs died when his car crashed after the rear suspension failed, an inquest heard.
Daniel Laszczak, 28, from Perranporth, died in the accident which happened on April 7 on the A3075 between Newquay and Goonhavern.
The inquest heard that a post mortem found that Mr Laszczak had alcohol in his blood stream which put him over the drink drive limit and also had cocaine and prescription drugs in his system at the time of the accident.
He died as a result of severe internal injuries caused in the collision.
In a statement a friend of Mr Laszczak said that they had gone to the pub together on the evening he died and drunk several pints.
He said: "If he had had too much to drink he wouldn't have driven he would have stayed at mine."
The inquest heard that Mr Laszczak's Volkswagen Golf had left the road and crashed into a "substantial" wooden fence and also a garage building. There were no witnesses to the accident and no other vehicles were involved.
Police vehicle inspector Mark Richards told the inquest that on his initial inspection he spotted instantly a problem with the rear offside wheel.
He said it was at an angle with the top of the wheel twisted outwards. On inspection he found it had been caused by damage to the suspension system caused by severe corrosion. He said that marks on the wheel arch showed that the problem might have only occurred recently.
In his opinion the damage was dangerous and prior to the collision the suspension had failed. He said this may have been the cause and a contributor to the collision.
The inquest heard from accident investigators who said that Mr Laszczak's vehicle had been navigating a left-hand bend when the suspension failed.
This caused the car to swerve to the right, crossing onto the opposite side of the road, going onto the kerb and colliding with the fence and garage.
Police said that the car could have been travelling at up to 80 miles an hour at the time of it going out of control.
The inquest heard that due to the level of alcohol and drugs in his system Mr Laszczak would probably have been unable to deal with the failure of the suspension.
Deputy coroner for Cornwall Andrew Cox said that the presence of alcohol and drugs in Mr Laszczak's body had been a factor in his death.
But he said that the failure of his car's suspension was a significant factor.
He recorded a verdict of accidental death.
