Loving dad died in world championship hovercraft crash after 'mechanical failure'
A loving husband and father tragically died after crashing while competing in the World Hovercraft Racing Championships in Sweden last year. Daniel Newton, from Stockport, who raced and engineered hovercrafts to an elite level, suffered a 'mechanical failure' while racing at the championships leading to his craft slowing down rapidly before a fellow competitor tragically crashed into him, knocking him out of his vehicle.
Daniel, who worked as an off-shore wind turbine engineer, 'loved' hovercrafts and had been involved with them from a young age due to his father. He built and raced his own craft using his skills as an engineer and was a 'very accomplished' racer, the hearing heard, with last year's world championships, held over two days in Flottsbro, near Stockholm in Sweden, going to be his last. Tragically, the crash happened as his seven-year-old son watched from a lakeside bank.
She told the coroner that there is a safety process, similar to Formula One motor racing, if there is an incident in the course, including yellow and red flags to stop races.
The other craft crashing into Daniel's caused 'extensive injuries' to him, she added, having been knocked out of his own craft and into the water. He was confirmed dead at the scene later following the attendance of an air ambulance.
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