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Death of repairer in Huntingdon tyre blast was accidental

Google FCC Environment site in Buckden, as seen from the westbound carriageway of the A14Google
Mark Digweed was working at a waste disposal site at Buckden, near Huntingdon - seen here from the A14 - when he died

A man who was flung into the side of his work van by the force of a tyre explosion suffered an accidental death, an inquest jury has concluded.

Mark Digweed, 39, who worked for TyreFix UK, repaired a puncture on a water bowser near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire on 22 April 2020.

The inflated tyre exploded as he inspected it and his body was found next to his van.

He suffered a traumatic brain stem injury and chest injuries.

The two-day hearing at Peterborough Town Hall heard TyreFix UK could not locate Mr Digweed's training record but had changed a "considerable amount" of its documentation since his death.

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