A mum-of-five was found to have taken a potentially fatal level of heroin when she drove a BMW straight into the path of a van travelling on the A16, killing both herself and the other driver.
An inquest was told Mikah Chandler, 45, from Grimsby and the van driver Graham Ross, 34, both died instantly in the head-on crash on the southbound carriageway at North Thoresby at around 9am on April 24, this year, reports Grimsby Live.Ms Chandler was driving her boyfriend's BMW towards Grimsby but had no driving licence or insurance.
A subsequent post mortem examination revealed both drivers died from multiple injuries. A toxicology report after the incident revealed Ms Chandler had "a potentially fatal amount of heroin in her system." Lincolnshire coroner, Paul Cooper said there was also cocaine, pregabalin and diazepam in her blood.
Dashcam footage of the crash from Mr Ross' grey Ford van showed that the black BMW pulled out from behind a Ford Kuga into the path of the van.
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