A man died after the van he was driving crashed on the M6.
Adam Tadeusz Wrobel, died on September 7, 2021, while he was driving a light goods vehicle (LGV) on the motorway between Junction 17 and 18.
The 61-year-old, from Poland, was driving a Volvo LGV and articulated trailer owned by Huber when it collided with a bridge support after his tyre suddenly deflated, Cheshire Live report.
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An inquest into his death took place at Warrington Coroners Court, on February 25, and eyewitnesses told the court what they saw.
Paul Elwood was travelling behind the LGV when he said he heard a 'loud bang' and saw a 'puff of smoke' come from the offside front tyre.
The witness said: "I hadn't been concerned in the way that it was being driven.
"I was in lane one looking ahead when I heard a loud bang and I saw a puff of smoke coming from the offside front tyre of the truck.
"The entire vehicle wobbled, mounted the barrier on the left and in less than two seconds it hit the bridge."
Daniel Gibbons, another eyewitness who was driving a HGV in lane two at the time of the incident said that the weather was 'fine' with the road surface 'dry' and visibility 'clear'.
He said: "As I was passing, I kept carrying out my usual mirror checks and I hadn't had a chance to decide whether or not I was going to move into lane one or remain in lane two when I saw what I thought was the front offside tyre blow out.
"Although I don't recall hearing any noise, I saw what looked like a small cloud at the side of the tyre.
"It looked like the driver tried to keep control but in no time at all the LGV had moved to its left and it looked like the LGV got caught on the barrier before going partly up the bank and hitting the bridge wall."
PC Andrew Fellowes, a forensic collision investigator, said the vehicle was travelling 56mph as it approached the collision scene.
Dashcam footage showed what appeared to be 'white smoke' coming from the offside of the vehicle at 8.04am, which PC Fellowes said was 'consistent with sudden tyre deflation'.
PC Fellowes said: "Considering the amount of time between the white smoke becoming visible and the collision with the bridge support, it is unlikely Mr Wrobel had sufficient time in order to regain control of his vehicle and avoid a collision."
David Price, a forensic accident investigator, found that the front nearside left tyre burst immediately before the lorry veered to the left.
Mr Price said: "In my opinion, when bursting, it created the puff of smoke which would've passed to either side of the vehicle, and so was responsible for the puff seen on the dashcam recording and the witnesses.
"In my experience, the bursting of a front tyre on such a vehicle often causes a sudden and very sharp turn on the side of the deflated tyre and it's not something that the driver can counteract."
Mr Price added that a 'very large proportion' of the tread was not retrieved from the scene of the accident, which meant it was not possible to be 'entirely certain' of the events that lead up to the tyre bursting and the cause of it bursting.
However, he said: "I believe the detachment of large sections of the tread happened only moments before the tyre burst. For that to have happened I believe that the tread had been separated for a considerable distance prior to the tyre bursting."
Dr David Butterworth, a pathologist, found the cause of Mr Wrobel's death as 'multiple injuries', with the most severe being an injury to the head which was 'non-survivable'.
