Driver to face charge over fatal collision.

A COLWYN Bay driver involved in a head-on collision with another car is facing a charge of careless driving, an inquest in Llandudno was told yesterday.

Ernest Morgan, 61,died five days after the collision on the A470 in the Conwy Valley last September.

He suffered chest injuries but consultant pathologist Dr Andrew Dalton said he would have survived had he not already had heart disease and breathing problems.

Mr Morgan,from Wolverhampton, and his partner,Sylvia Robinson, were on holiday in North Wales and heading towards Rhyl when the collision occurred near Maenan.

Charles Jarvis,of Hawarden Road, Colwyn Bay, was driving his girl friend Ann Hazelhurst,her sister and a friend to Llanrwst and they said he was driving normally.

It was drizzling at the time,and Miss Hazelhurst said she remembered Mr Jarvis saying: ``Oh my God,hold on.''

When interviewed,he told the police that he suddenly saw a red van stationary in front of him.

He collided with the rear of it and then with Mr Morgan's oncoming Ford Mondeo.

Postman Geraint Evans said he had been waiting in the centre of the road to turn right towards Dolgarrog station when he felt a thud to the rear of his van.

Police collision investigator PC Gerallt Davies said that at 45mph Mr Jarvis should have been able to have a clear view of the van from 67 metres away.

Mr Jarvis, who is due to appear before Llandudno magistrates charged with careless driving, did not give evidence at the inquest, and North Wales Central Coroner John Hughes recorded a verdict of accidental death.