A CONCLUSION of accidental death has been recorded on a Newcastle Emlyn man who was caught in a landslide at the height of Storm Callum back in 2018. An inquest at Llanelli heard that 21-year-old Corey Sharpling was on his way to work at McDonald’s, in Carmarthen, on October 13, 2018, when he stepped off a bus on the A484 at Cwmduad when the road was blocked. A devastating landslide triggered by the storm then swept away both Mr Sharpling and a lorry that had also stopped. Coroner Paul Bennett recorded a conclusion of accidental death and described it as a ‘very, very sad case’.
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image captionCorey Sharpling, who had moved to Newcastle Emlyn from Birmingham not long before he died, was a keen dancer
A dancer died when he was swept away by a landslide as he stepped off a bus during a storm and became buried under debris, an inquest heard.
Mr Sharpling s body was later found close to a nearby river, in Cwmduad.
Sitting in Llanelli, Coroner Paul Bennett recorded a conclusion of accidental death.
During the hearing, Coroner s Officer Malcolm Thompson said Storm Callum had caused high winds and heavy rain in the area.
Conditions had forced the lorry driver to stop ahead of the bus, because there was debris in the road on the A484.
A 21-year-old McDonalds worker was crushed to death under a landslide in a freak accident on a country road in Wales, an inquest heard.
Corey Sharpling, 21, was on his way to work when his bus was forced to stop due to a fallen tree blocking the road in Cwmduan, near Carmarthen, in October 2018.
He got out of the bus to watch the emergency workers clear the debris from Storm Callum - which was wreaking havoc across the country at the time.
But a shock million-to-one landslide sent tonnes of earth and trees toppling down on him from a roadside forest.