30-year-old solicitor who was killed in a road traffic collision helped three people who received her donated organs, an inquest has heard.
Emily Thornton-Sandy was seriously injured in a head on crash with 90-year-old John Howell Price, who was driving the wrong way down the A48 in Carmarthenshire, south Wales, on 5 November last year.
Thornton-Sandy, who died six days later, was an asbestos specialist for national firm Thompsons Solicitors working from its offices in Cardiff and Llanelli. In addition to her work, she tirelessly supported asbestos victim support groups in Wales, including Asbestos Awareness and Support Cymru, as well as Mesothelioma UK, the firm said.
An inquest into her death this week concluded she died of a ‘road traffic collision’, after a coroner concluded the reason why Price was driving the wrong way remained ‘unknown’.
Dyfed Powys Police confirmed at the inquest that concerns had been raised with the DVLA in 2023 about Price’s eyesight, after an incident which was reported to police. But, following medical examinations and an eye test, there was not sufficient evidence to label Price as unfit to drive, the inquest heard.
