Inquest opened in Teynham crash driver Luke Petherbridge
11:48, 10 March 2021
updated: 13:31, 10 March 2021
An inquest has been opened into the death of crash victim Luke Petherbridge, who was just six days away from celebrating his 26th birthday.
Mr Petherbridge was driving a Toyota Starlet when it was in a head-on collision with a Vauxhall Mokka, in Lower Road, Teynham, at around 10.45am on February 26. He died at the scene.
Mr Petherbridge, from Abbey Road, Faversham, was single and unemployed.
He had grown up at Boughton, near Canterbury.
He suffered a fractured skull and died from severe injury to the brain, a post mortem determined.
Friends had described Mr Petherbridge as "kind and genuine" and said he "didn't have a bad bone in his body".
His passenger in the vehicle is said to have suffered "life-changing" injuries.
Coroner Bina Patel heard that the results of toxicology tests on Mr Petherbridge were not yet available.
She adjourned the inquest until 2pm on May 11, to be held at the Archbishop's Palace in Maidstone.
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