A TALENTED musician died following a motorway crash after he fell asleep at the wheel and drove into the back of a lorry.

Alessio Adorisio of Vincent Road, off Wyld’s Lane, Worcester, was driving home from a talent competition in his Alfa Romeo Spider when he struck the back of the lorry on the M5.

An autopsy revealed the 23-year-old died of head injuries and had not taken drugs or drunk alcohol before his death.

There was also no evidence to suggest he had suffered a heart attack or stroke or of any disease.

Examinations of the car revealed there had been no technical fault which could have caused the accident.

A coroner’s court in Stourport-on-Severn heard yesterday how Mr Adorisio was tired after performing with his band on the evening of Tuesday, June 9.

His car drifted from the fast lane into the slow lane, hit the back of the lorry, then span into the central reservation before coming to rest in the hard shoulder close to the southbound sliproad for junction six (Worcester).

The HSBC worker was pronounced dead at Worcestershire Royal Hospital on Wednesday, June 10, when medical staff switched off his life support after telling his family of the extent of his brain injuries. His girlfriend, Sati Bahia, said in a statement Mr Adorisio had been performing with his band the ATATS in a talent show in Birmingham.

When he came to drive her home she said he was in a bad mood because the car windows were steaming up and the heater was broken. After he dropped her off she sent him text messages at 12.09am, 12.35am and 12.47am and made a telephone call but he did not respond. In a telephone call later that day, her boss told her he was dead.

She said in a statement: “The incident has left me devastated. I find it hard to describe my feelings.”

Jeremy Crowle, who witnessed the crash, was called to give evidence at the inquest.

He was driving back to his Worcester home from a Take That concert in Coventry with his wife and two daughters when Mr Adorisio overtook him at a speed of about 90mph.

He said: “He didn’t seem to turn at all, just to go with the bend. There was a lorry underneath the bridge and I didn’t think anything more about it until suddenly there was this crash. I didn’t notice anything until it seemed like there had been an explosion when the car hit the back of the lorry.

“It seemed to spin around across the outside lane and hit the central reservation. It span all the way back to the inside lane and came to rest parallel to the barrier, facing the wrong direction on the hard shoulder.”

Worcestershire coroner Geraint Williams said: “I am satisfied that he was driving home late at night and that he was tired and, from the description given by eye witnesses, that he fell asleep, drifted from lane three to lane one and struck the back of the lorry.”

He recorded a verdict of accidental death.