Men died in head-on crash on Porthmadog bypass, inquest told

Two mechanics died in a head-on crash days before Christmas, an inquest has heard.

Mathew James Hardy, 34, from Abererch, Pwllheli, and Daniel Atkinson, 40, from Blaenau Ffestiniog, crashed into each other on the A487 Porthmadog bypass on 20 December.

Senior coroner for North West Wales Kate Roberston said Hardy was travelling north in an Iszu recovery truck towards Tremadog and Atkinson was heading south in a VW Golf.

Both men died at the scene.

Roberston told the inquest: “It appears an oncoming vehicle collided with him [Hardy].”