NEW evidence was presented at an inquest into the death of a Swindon road accident victim.

Nicola Smith, 26, died when her Renault Megane was hit by another car on the A4 Hungerford to Marlborough road.

The inquest was adjourned until yesterday to allow further investigations into the crash.

The Crown Prosecution Service had made a decision not to bring criminal charges against driver Colin Langdon, who was driving his Subaru Impreza when it crashed into Miss Smith's car at a 90 degree angle. But new evidence in a police report read out at Swindon Coroner's Court cast doubt on the accident.

An examination of the wrecked cars revealed Mr Langdon's indicator may have been signalling left into the junction where Miss Smith's car pulled out from, at the time of the crash.

Police will now investigate the new leads and a new file may be sent to the CPS.

Witnesses told Wiltshire coroner David Masters they saw a "shower of debris" as Mr Langdon's car struck Miss Smith's car as she was pulling onto the A4 towards Marlborough at Great Bedwyn, on October 26 last year. Miss Smith, of Eagle Close, Covingham, died in Southampton General Hospital four days after the accident, from severe head and brain injuries.

The inquest was told in a statement from Miss Smith's boss Daniel Todaro, a marketing manager from Didcot, how he stumbled on the crash scene minutes after the cars had collided.

He said: "I immediately recognised it was Nicola's car.

"I could see her in the driver's seat, she was being attended to by doctors. I did not want to believe what I was seeing but knew it was her."

Witnesses who saw Mr Langdon's car speeding along the A4 towards Marlborough said it sped past them "like it was rocket assisted," travelling at speeds in excess of 90mph. In a police statement, Mr Langdon said he was travelling back from Hungerford after buying some clothes dye for his wife, and was trying to make a decision whether to continue travelling into Marlborough to buy some more.

He said in a statement he was considering turning left at the Great Bedwyn junction, but had decided to continue along the road at around 60mph. Asked by police why he didn't brake when he saw Miss Smith's car he said he was "frightened of skidding on the leaves and sliding into her car".

The inquest will be resumed when police investigations into the new leads are completed.