Death of Phil Spencer's parents were ‘some of most tragic circumstances ever heard’

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The full inquest into an incident that killed Location Location Location star Phil Spencer's parents has revealed their death was a "most tragic" accident, according to a coroner.

Richard Spencer and Anne Spencer were killed in a horror accident in August after their Toyota plunged into a river close to their Kent home, reports the Mirror.An inquest opening in Maidstone in November revealed the pair were submerged in water for up to 20 minutes following the crash.

Emergency services spent 90 minutes at the scene in an attempt to revive the couple who were later pronounced dead. Coroner Sarah Clarke confirmed Anne, who was driving, died from a lung infection and a loss of oxygen to the brain, whilst her husband passed away as a result of a lung injury.Their full-time carer, who was travelling in the back of the vehicle at the time of the accident, managed to escape through a window and survived.On Tuesday, Clarke read a statement from Detective Sergeant Chris Wade of the Kent Police Serious Collision Investigation Unit, who led the investigation into the couple’s deaths.He said Anne was driving a car, which she had owned since 2022, down a narrow, single-track road from the family home towards a bridge on their land, which passed over the Nail Bourne River, around 12.20pm on August 18.The private road offered vehicular access for those living on the farm and was not used by the public.DS Wade said the road surface approaching the bridge was “uneven in places”, adding: “The road rises up onto a concrete-brick constructed bridge which allows traffic to cross the Nail Bourne river.” He continued: “The bridge is extremely narrow and produces an S-bend.