A MERCEDES driver who died after losing control of the vehicle and crashing into a tree near Wallingford has been named at an inquest opening.

An inquest was opened into the death of Aaron Rodriquez, a delivery driver from Kingfishers in Grove, on Wednesday (January 24) at Oxford Coroner’s Court.

It was heard that the 43-year-old was driving a van from the Berinsfield roundabout in the direction of Dorchester when he crashed on January 3.

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The vehicle left the A4074 and hit a tree at 8.45pm.

He was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital but was pronounced dead at 11.15pm.

A post-mortem examination has provided a medical cause of death as multiple injuries.

A full inquest into his death is scheduled for June 3 at 1.30pm.