1/1 A young farmer died after his dangerous and unroadworthy tractor which he bought online overturned, an inquest heard. Harry John Richard Isaacs was driving a tractor on July 21 last year in Chedington Lane, near Mosterton, when he suddenly lost control - leading to the vehicle to overturn.
Chedington Lane, near Mosterton He sadly died at the scene from his injuries. An inquest held yesterday heard how a weighted bucket Harry had put on the tractor to slow it down had caused the machine to overturn as he travelled downhill. The 20-year-old, who worked as a tea blender and part-time farmer, bought the International Harvester 3434 tractor around two weeks previously on Facebook for £2,000, which was delivered to an address near his home town of Beaminster.
1/1 A PATHOLOGIST told an inquest that she believed a teenager who died a day after being diagnosed with tonsillitis by a nurse should have been seen by a doctor and undergone abdominal, blood pressure and pulse checks. Toby James Hudson, 19, from Weymouth, died on July 4 2019 after being rushed to Dorset County Hospital when his condition deteriorated. Coroner Rachael Griffin told an inquest the cause of death was Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which caused mononucleosis and led to sepsis, ruptured spleen and multi organ failure. A day before his death, on July 3 2019, Toby - who was suffering from a severe swollen neck - had been assessed by a nurse at the urgent care centre in Weymouth Community Hospital. She did not check his respiratory or blood pressure because she felt it was ‘not needed’ and prescribed penicillin antibiotics after diagnosing tonsillitis, the inquest heard.