No inquest will be held into the death of a recovery worker killed on the M3 by a taxi driver who was texting.
Vologea Mihaliuc, 54, was killed on the M3 between junctions 13 and 14 on February 22, 2022.
Taxi driver Mohamed Farooq Saleemi, 64, of Cedar Road, Eastleigh, was jailed for seven years at Southampton Crown Court in January for causing death by dangerous driving.
At Winchester Coroner's Court the area coroner Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp announced a permanent suspension of the inquest as all the necessary details had emerged in the court case.
She said: "This case was suspended when a person was charged with an offence of causing death by dangerous driving. Since that time a person has been convicted of death by dangerous driving. How the deceased has come by their death has been determined.
"There is no good reason to have an Inquest so I will be formally suspending this case. The medical cause of death and the facts established at trial and heard/confirmed publicly at the sentencing hearing. I have considered the legal position for me as a coroner in this case and any reasonable grounds for which this case should be resumed in the coroner's court.
"There are no grounds that I can see, given the facts established and the PIPs involved in this death, which would give me reason to consider it necessary or appropriate for this case to be resumed. The facts are established, there are no state agencies or wider public interest matters involved, and I am not aware of any desire by the family for the facts to be further explored at inquest.
"For those reasons then, I do not see a cause or reason for this case to be resumed from suspension now that the criminal case has been concluded and I hereby direct that the inquest now be permanently suspended."
Saleemi was also sentenced for perverting the course of justice after attempting to hide his phone from police.
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