Inquest opened into death of Swaffham man Andrew Gooch

Andrew Gooch, 53, was driving a red Vauxhall Zafira when it was involved in a collision with a JCB tractor on the A1075, near Stow Bedon, on March 9.

An inquest into his death opened this week at Norfolk Coroner's Court. It was told that Mr Gooch was a father-of-three who worked as a plasterer and lived in Swaffham.

At the hearing, Jaqueline Lake, the senior coroner, said his official cause of death had been multiple trauma from a road traffic collision.

The crash happened just before 7am and Mr Gooch, who was born in Southend, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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A man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and a police investigation is ongoing.

Mr Gooch's funeral was held at Breckland Crematorium on April 12 and family members have paid tribute to him on Facebook.

His wife Kelly Gooch described him in a post as a "wonderful, funny, amazing man" and his brother Tony Gooch said in a post that "Andy will live on through his beautiful children".

Mr Gooch lived at The Oaklands in Swaffham (Image: Google)Norfolk Police would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the collision or has any relevant dashcam footage via any of the following channels quoting reference NC-09032024-63