Pension fraud
A CORONER has asked highway officials to check the layout of a stretch of road where a mother-of-two died last year.
Danielle Broadhead, 33, from Mirfield, was killed when her Fiat Punto left the road and collided with a tree on the A637 Barnsley Road in Flockton on April 20.
Her two sons, aged seven and 22 months at the time, were injured in the collision and taken to Leeds General Infirmary. The younger child suffered serious head injuries, it was reported.
An inquest into her death heard she lost control when her car clipped the kerb on a sweeping left-hand bend where a grass verge ends and a pavement begins.
After recording a conclusion of death in a road traffic collision, Martin Fleming, senior coroner for West Yorkshire (Western), sent a Regulation 28 report to prevent future deaths to the director of roads and highways at Kirklees Council.
He said that as Danielle had apparently inadvertently clipped the kerb he wanted the road layout to be checked to ensure that it meets the correct regulations and standards.
He has also asked officials “to consider the appropriateness of measures which highlight the commencement of the kerb to oncoming motorists”. “In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and I believe that Kirklees Council has the power to take such action,” he said.
The council has been given until June 10 to explain what steps will be taken or why no action is proposed. Danielle worked at the Hopton Cottage Care Home in Huddersfield where she was remembered as “one of the best carers”.
Her boss Joseph Martin said: “She was extremely popular, warm and caring. The residents loved her.”
She was extremely popular, warm and caring. The residents
loved her
SOME £1.8 million has already been lost to pension scams this year, according to the UK’s fraud reporting centre.
Action Fraud, which released the total, is warning savers to be vigilant.
It said there has been an increase in reports of such scams so far this year, with 107 reports of pension fraud received in the first three months of 2021. This was an increase of nearly 45% when compared with the same period in 2020.