A millionaire businessman said his wife was swept away to her death in front of his eyes after driving into floodwaters because no one had put up a road closed sign, an inquest has heard.
Former High Sheriff of Derbyshire Annie Hall, 69, died after getting out of her car when it became stranded on a country lane as the River Derwent burst its banks in November 2019.
She and husband Michael walked in darkness as torrents raced across fields and submerged the road.
Michael Hall said his wife Annie, the former High Sheriff of Derbyshire, was swept away to her death in floodwaters in 2019 because no one had put up a road closed sign