A MAN who died following an incident at Chirk Aqueduct has been named.
Joseph Edric Byrne, of Mandir Close, Oswestry, died aged 23 on Thursday, October 8.
The inquest into the death of Mr Byrne, who was a McDonald’s worker, opened at County Hall, Ruthin on Monday (October 19).
Coroner John Gittins said that at 11.26am on October 8, a witness contacting police regarding an emergency incident at the aqueduct.
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North Wales Police, the Welsh Ambulance Service, and the Wales Air Ambulance attended, but Mr Byrne was pronounced dead at the scene at 12.11pm.
He was formally identified by his passport details.
Following a post-mortem examination, a provisional cause of death of chest and abdominal injuries, as a result of a fall from heigh, was record.
Mr Gittins, senior coroner for North Wales (East and Central), adjourned the inquest to a date to be fixed.
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