A Norwich man who died in a crash, which also took the life of a mother travelling home from a family holiday, was three-and-a-half times over the legal drink drive limit. 

Ruslan Trofimov and Annie Thompson died following the collision on the A1088 near Euston in August last year, Suffolk Coroners' Court heard on Friday. 

Mr Trofimov, 48, was the driver of an Audi A4, which was travelling northwards towards Thetford at around 7pm on August 17. 

The court heard how his car went on the opposite side of the road when it crashed into an Audi A6. 

This car was being driven by Anneka Thompson, 35, who was driving back from a camping holiday with her two children and the family dog. 

A driver who saw Mr Trofimov in the minutes before the crash said he had been driving erratically and “swerving all over the place”. 

The fatal crash happened when Mr Trofimov approached a sharp bend in the road, with a witness estimating that he was driving 80mph in a 60mph zone. 

Mr Trofimov’s car entered the opposite side of the road and struck Ms Thompson’s in a head-on collision. 

Suffolk Coroner's CourtSuffolk Coroner's Court (Image: Newsquest)

Giving evidence in court on June 21, Forensic Collision Investigator PC Mark Heard said that Ms Thompson would not have had sufficient time to react. 

He said that there was evidence that Mr Trofimov had tried to steer his car back to the correct side of the road, but that he had been unable to do so in time. He died at the scene. 

A toxicology report showed that there was 284 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood in his system.  

Assistant coroner Peter Taheri found that Mr Trofimov had died as the result of a road traffic collision. 

Ms Thompson was taken to Addenbrookes Hospital and remained there for six weeks until her death on September 29, having sustained a traumatic brain injury. 

Mr Taheri ruled that Ms Thompson had been "unlawfully killed”. 

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