The man died in a crash on June 11, 2025
A 28-year-old man died of burns after his car caught on fire in a crash on the A14, an inquest has heard. Emergency services were called to the A14 at Spaldwick just before 2am on June 11, 2025.
A car had crashed into the central reservation, causing the road to close for eight hours. Sadly, Caleb Keter, 28 and living in Northstowe, was pronounced dead at the scene.
An inquest into Caleb’s death was held at Lawrence Court in Huntingdon on Monday (January 12) and led by Coroner Elizabeth Gray. Coroner Gray said his cause of death was “burning due to a road traffic collision”.
The inquest heard Caleb, who was born in Kenya, was travelling eastbound on the A14 towards Huntingdon. Coroner Gray then said Caleb “struck central reservation twice” and then his vehicle caught on fire.
A report from the East of England Ambulance Service was read out. It said when ambulance crews arrived at the scene the “vehicle was on fire”, so ambulance staff couldn’t approach the vehicle.
A report from a vehicle examiner was also read out. Coroner Gray told the inquest that the examiner identified “no pre-faults that could have led to the loss of driver control”.
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