FRUSTRATED relatives of a Stourport man who died in a car accident have vowed to continue their search for answers despite an inquest finding "no reason" for the smash.

Factory worker Darren Cooper, 27, lost control of his car and spun off the road at Wilden Top in January.

He died in the arms of his fiancee Lisa Heath. They had been due to marry last month.

His father John claimed the inquest had not provided any answers and the family was considering hiring a private accident investigator to glean more evidence.

He said: "I know Darren must have been travelling at speed but there's more to this than meets the eye.

"He had travelled that road on numerous occasions and something must have happened to make him do something completely out of character."

Mr Cooper had not been wearing his seatbelt when he was flung across the car on January 24, the Worcester inquest heard.

The machine operator at Cosworth Technology, Worcester, had borrowed his father's Rover 626 to get to and from work while his car was being repaired.

That evening, he left the home he shared with Miss Heath to return the car.

Miss Heath, who was following in a separate vehicle some way behind, was shocked when she saw the Rover embedded in a roadside hedge.

She said: "I could not believe what I was seeing. I was screaming at him. I was terrified to open the door."

She ran to a nearby house to contact the emergency services, forgetting in her panic she had a mobile phone.

Accident investigator Paul Fulbrook believed the car was travelling at speed, judging by the length of the tyre marks stretching along the road.

He said it appeared Mr Cooper had lost control of the car before it mounted the roadside verge.

An "aggressive" attempt had been made to correct the problem, causing the car to spin across the road where it hit a tree.

Deputy Worcestershire coroner Tim Sherwood there was no reason why the car had gone out of control before it collided with the tree.

A post-mortem showed Mr Cooper died from a fractured skull and multiple injuries and an accidental death verdict was recorded.