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AN
ASYLUM seeker who died when his car crashed was
twice over the legal drink drive limit, an inquest
heard.
Iraqi Kurd Ardalan Ali Hussain , 21, of Headfield
View, Thornhill Lees, had been out drinking with
friend Arsalan Ahmed, 23, in Huddersfield town
centre before the accident at 1.30am on October 12,
2003.
Mr Hussain was upset because he had received a phone
call from Iraq about problems with plans for his
wife to come and join him in England.
The inquest, at Huddersfield Coroners' Court
yesterday, was told by Mr Ahmed, of Berry Brow, that
his friend had been drinking beer and whisky before
the accident at Manchester Road, Milnsbridge.
He said: "I told him please do not drive, let's go
back in a taxi, but he said `No come with me'.
Because he was so upset I went with him.
"He was driving so fast I shouted `please slow down,
please slow down', I was so scared at that time."
The Seat Toledo Mr Hussain was driving crashed into
a lamp post and then a wall at the junction of
Manchester Road and Park Road West.
The lamp post crashed down on top of the car.
Two passers-by, Martin Augustine, of Dalton, and
Dylan Wheatcroft, of Outlane, managed to get the
passenger out of the car, but could not rescue Mr
Hussain before it burst into flames.
The pathologists report confirmed Mr Hussain, who
worked for Morrison's Supermarkets, died from
inhaling the fumes caused by the crash and was
unconscious before the fire.
Coroner Roger Whittaker recorded a verdict of
accidental death after also considering whether Mr
Hussain had taken his own life.
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