A man died of natural causes while waiting for an ambulance after falling and hitting his head at home in Northumberland.
Derrin Trent Cozart died at his home in Beadnell some time after calling an ambulance after falling over and hitting his head on November 14, 2019. The 55-year-old had woken up on the floor in the early hours of the morning and called for an ambulance, explaining he had an injury to his head. But by the time an ambulance crew arrived at the scene almost an hour and a half later, Derrin had already passed away.
An inquest held at Northumberland Coroner's Court in Morpeth on Friday heard that Derrin, who was from Canada, had battled alcoholism, was in poor health and had suffered from a massive internal bleed at the time of his death, likely a result of cirrhosis of the liver. His death was down to natural causes, the inquest found.
