An inquest has been opened into the death of a woman who was found dead at her home address two days after she was involved in a crash in Didcot.

Joy Atkinson, aged 66, of Bradstocks Way in Sutton Courtney died on March 5.

Her death was verified by South Central Ambulance Service at 12.44pm that day.

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Ms Atkinson, who worked as a children’s support worker, had been involved in a minor collision at the Milton Interchange on March 3.

A post-mortem examination determined her cause of death to be septic shock, colonic ischaemia and severe aortic atherosclerosis.

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The date for the conclusion of the inquest has been set for 2pm on Thursday, September 7 at Oxford Coroner’s Court.

The purpose of an inquest is to find out who the deceased person was and how, when and where they died and to provide the details needed for their death to be registered.