England player 3 times drink limit when he drove into ford, inquest hears

England player 3 times drink limit when he drove into ford, inquest hears

A former England rugby player who drowned after he tried to cross a swollen ford in his 4×4 during a storm was almost three times over the drink drive limit, an inquest has heard. Tom Voyce, 43, died while trying to cross the River Aln in Northumberland in his Toyota Hilux in December, as Storm Darragh passed through the UK. His body was found days later in deep water after a major search.

An inquest at County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, was told that Mr Voyce had attended a shoot at his brother-in-law’s farm on December 7 last year, then spent the evening with him and two other men in the Queen’s Head pub in Glanton. Coroner Andrew Hetherington ruled the death was an accident and found that Mr Voyce had not