A MAN who died in car that left the A480 last Sunday morning (March 9) has been named.

Ronald Charles Pemberton, 52, from Norton Canon, was found dead in a silver Subaru Impreza near Yazor Court Farm.

An inquest opened on Wednesday into the engineer's death, who was the only person in the car.

The car - which was heading towards Hereford - ended 200 metres from the road, and suffered extensive damage The accident may have taken some time before the discovery at 10.50am on Sunday.

If anyone has information, contact PC Jon Lynes at Hereford on 08457 444888.