Broadcaster Jenni Murray died days after north London car crash, inquest hears

Coroner told BBC veteran was dazzled by headlights and sustained rib and sternum fractures in collision, which led to bronchopneumonia The broadcaster Jenni Murray died days after being involved in a car crash which happened when she was dazzled by headlights, a coroner has heard. Murray, 75, was best known as the voice of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, hosting the programme for three decades and becoming the longest-serving presenter in its history. She died on 12 March this year after the collision in north London eight days earlier, the inquest into her death heard on Thursday. The north London area coroner Tony Murphy ruled Murray’s cause of death was bronchopneumonia caused by fractures to her rib and sternum sustained in the crash. At the inquest at Barnet coroner’s court, Murphy read a statement from Dr Clare Morkane, a consultant at the Royal Free hospital, where Murray died after being admitted on 4 March. “Jennifer had been driving when she became dazzled by vehicle lights and collided with two stationary vehicles.

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