An inquest has opened into the death of a passenger who died in hospital just days after he was involved in a crash.
Keith Rounding died in Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, three days after a crash between two vehicles on the A605 (Wisbech Road) between Coates and Rings End.
Senior coroner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough David Heming opened the 80-year-old's inquest on October 2 at Peterborough Town Hall.
The brief hearing heard how Mr Rounding was admitted to the Neurosciences and Truma Critical Care Unit, at the hospital, on September 12, after the crash.
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Two vehicles were involved in the collision and Mr Rounding is believed to have been a passenger in the second vehicle.
The coroner confirmed a post-mortem was carried out on September 22 with a cause of death pending histological and toxicological examination.
Mr Hemming said: "The matter has been suspended pending police investigation into the circumstances at that particular junction.
"I'd like to express my sincerest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased and close the matter.
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