Lee West died on January 20 after he was struck by two vehicles on the A47 at Postwick. He was just 20 years old.

An inquest into his death is being held this week and next at County Hall in Norwich.

During the first day of the hearing, the court heard that Mr West had been admitted to Southern Hill, a private mental health hospital in Mundesley, two weeks before his death.

The court heard that on June 6, Mr West had been found on the wrong side of a bridge in Colchester in serious distress and was detained under the Mental Health Act.

He was then taken to A&E at Colchester Hospital,........

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