A 'CARING and generous' 26-year-old died in a crash after losing control of his car near Bromyard, an inquest has heard.

Jason Jackson, 26, of Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire, crashed his Toyota on the afternoon of December 3 on the B4220 driving in the direction of Bromyard, just outside the village of Stanford Bishop.

The inquest on September 19 heard how Mr Jackson overtook a car in front and then, when descending a slight hill on a bend, he lost control of his car.

He then veered over to the opposite of the road and hit a barrier before colliding with a tree.

The family in the car he overtook stopped to call the emergency services and Mr Jackson was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where he received emergency surgery.

The inquest heard how he initially responded well to treatment but died in hospital on December 5.

A traffic collision expert explained how Mr Jackson would have been driving his Toyota between 45 and 55 miles per hour before the crash took place, below the legal speed limit of 60 miles per hour on that stretch of road.

The court also heard how the barrier that Mr Jackson collided with was held up by wooden poles that were rotten.

However, Mr Bricknell stated that it could not be proven that that state of the barrier contributed to Mr Jackson's death in the crash.

Mr Jackson's doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital paid tribute to the 26-year-old as a 'kind and generous young man' whose decision to be placed on the organ register has helped others after his death.

Coroner Mark Bricknell recorded a medical cause of death as a stroke as a result of traumatic injury and concluded that Mr Jackson's death was a consequence of a road traffic collision.

Mr Bricknell also passed on his condolences to Mr Jackson's family.