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Prosecutors consider charges over cement lorry crash which killed woman

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30.03.2026

Area coroner Robin Weyell heard that Laura Akinnurun-Sharpe, 46, died on after the car she was driving was involved in a crash with he concrete mixer vehicle in Brampton, Norfolk.

A pre-inquest review at Norfolk Coroner’s Court on March 27 was told proceedings cannot progress at this stage as a decision from the Crown Prosecution Service is still outstanding.

The case was formally adjourned, with a further pre-review hearing scheduled for August 14, 2026.

An inquest has been adjourned into the death of a woman who died during a crash in Brampton (Image: Sonya Duncan)

Emergency services were called to Buxton Road in Brampton following the crash involving Ms Akinnurun-Sharpe’s car and a cement lorry on March, 24, last year.

She died as a result of her injuries.

A woman in her 70s, who was a passenger in the car, suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital.

Norfolk Police previously confirmed that the driver of the lorry, a man in his 40s, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He has since been released under investigation.

Coroner Robin Weyell. (Image: Denise Bradley)

In a tribute issued after her death, Ms Akinnurun-Sharpe’s family described her as an “amazing mother, daughter, wife, sister and friend”.

They said she was a “beautiful soul” who would be “sorely missed by her family and all who knew her”.


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