Updated:
4:51 PM January 11, 2021
Wedgwood House is located on the fringes of the West Suffolk Hospital site in Bury St Edmunds
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Action should be taken to prevent future deaths after a man in his 50s was hit by a lorry shortly after leaving a mental health hospital, a coroner has said.
Andrew Gibbins, a voluntary patient at the Wedgwood House facility on the West Suffolk Hospital site, deliberately walked out in front of a heavy goods vehicle on the A14 on January 15, 2020.
The 54-year-old, found looking “lost and confused” during a cigarette break, was escorted back to the hospital by a security guard – and during the trip, told him he was feeling suicidal.