An inquest has opened into the death of a man who was struck by a tree during Storm Eunice.

Jack Bristow, of Hobbyhorse Lane, Abingdon, died on February 18 in Old Odiham Road in Alton.

Mr Bristow, 23, was a passenger in a car which was struck by a tree.

Emergency services were called, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of death was given as a head injury.

Area coroner Jason Pegg adjourned the inquest at Winchester Coroner's Court for October 4.

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