Coroner says more lives could be lost unless barrier or signs installed at promenade on Felixstowe beach
A mobility scooter user died after he fell asleep and drove off a seafront promenade, falling about 5ft on to the sand below.
John Gray sustained multiple rib fractures after his mobility scooter drove off the promenade, which had no barrier, at Felixstowe beach in Suffolk. The rib fractures led to respiratory failure and he died at Ipswich hospital four days later on 13 July 2022.
