Pictured: Asda delivery driver, 50, who died in crash before shift he was never meant to be doing but picked up because ‘he didn’t want to let anyone down’

An Asda delivery driver died in a collision on the method to work after picking up an extra shift because he ‘didn’t want to let anyone down’, an inquest has heard.

Marc Thomas, 50, died following a one-automobile collision in Bishop Auckland on September 9 this year. 

The 50-year-used, from Langley Park, was travelling to work on the B6286 at Toronto quickly before 8am when his Ford Fiesta left the avenue and came to a stop in a bush, the courtroom was told on Thursday.

County Durham and Darlington Coroner’s Court heard that Marc died at the scene of the collision after losing adjust of his automobile whereas navigating a bend.

CCTV from the moments leading up to the collision confirmed the automobile travelling in the centre of the 60mph avenue ‘straddling the white line’ before it misplaced adjust on a bend and veered towards oncoming site visitors on the northbound carriageway.

A think about travelling northbound at the time said the automobile appeared to be ‘swerving and was on two wheels, going side to side as if the driver was trying to gain adjust’.

The automobile came to a stop after colliding with the hedgerow and a tree trunk at the side of the avenue, the courtroom heard. 

‘In doing so, he misplaced adjust of his automobile which moved onto the offside lane and, trying to flip support to his bear lane, his automobile circled into the carriageway to the nearside,’ the inquest heard. 

He added that avenue stipulations would perchance well also occupy diminished the stage of grip on hand on the avenue at the time. 

A pen portrait written by his daughter Rebecca, which was study out during the hearing, said: ‘On the day of his passing he had received a phone name to look if he would perchance well select up an extra shift at Asda as a delivery driver – a job he had not too lengthy in the past obtained and was in truth proud of’

‘He agreed and was on his method and he didn’t want to let anyone down.’

Rebecca said her father was ‘beloved and cherished by many individuals reach and much’. 

He beloved spending time with his family and had made several guests online by method of playing on his PlayStation in his spare time.

In a tribute to her father, she added: ‘Dad was ad infinitum an optimist. Ever since being a younger boy he was blissful spending time with the family, especially gran and grandad. 

‘His lifestyles was very chaotic but he made a hellish sense of humour and gained a number of lifestyles-lengthy guests by method of this.

‘He would perchance well gain gentle of any field to be optimistic you had a smile to your face.’

A tribute launched by his family following his death said Marc was a ‘powerful-beloved husband, father, son, brother and grandad and would perchance well mute be sadly neglected.’