Intoxication was a "significant contributing" factor in the death of a cyclist found unresponsive on a cycle path in Peterborough, an inquest heard today.
Caroline Jones, the area coroner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, opened the hearing into the death of 49-year-old Artur Ciesielski, who died on March 9 last year, at Vantage House, in Huntingdon.
She said Mr Ciesielski was found unresponsive on the cycle path in Lincoln Road, having suffered a possible head injury.
It was believed he had either fallen off his bike or had collided with a bollard.
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Emergency services attended. CPR was administered.
A post-mortem was carried out at Peterborough City Hospital by Dr Sadler, who gave the primary cause of death as hypoxic head injury, followed by cardiac arrest.
Alcohol was found in his system, and Ms Jones said that "intoxication was a significant contributory factor".
The hearing was adjourned to April 27, when it will be dealt with in writing by Coroner Elizabeth Grey.
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