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Damian Lewis’ nephew dies in horror crash just weeks before his wife Helen succumbed to cancer
ACTOR Damien Lewis’ nephew died in a tragic road crash just weeks before his wife Helen McCrory succumbed to cancer.
Hugo Yaxley, the son of Homeland star Lewis’ sister, was just 20 when he died after “inexplicably” driving on the wrong side of the road, an inquest has heard.
The nephew of Helen McCrory and Damien Lewis died in a horrifying head-on smash, an inquest has heard[/caption]
Hugo Yaxley, pictured with ‘the love of his life’ Minna Leatham, was killed five months before McCrory died of cancer[/caption]
Five months later, beloved Peaky Blinders actor and mum McCrory died after privately battling cancer.
Before her death, the 52-year-old had described Hugo as a “very rare young man” who had “wisdom far beyond his years”.
And Billions actor Lewis, 50, said his young nephew – a popular mental health campaigner – was “inspirational” and “touched more people in his short life than most do in their longer ones”.
Details of Hugo’s death were revealed for the first time at his inquest, which heard he was behind the wheel of a red Honda Jazz which smashed head-on into a Range Rover.
The hearing was told he was driving his girlfriend and two of their friends on the A30, near Wiltshire village Sutton Mandeville, when he began driving on the wrong side of the road “for reasons that are unclear”.
His passengers told how they didn’t realise he was in the wrong lane, although other motorist tried to alert him.
He smashed into the oncoming car on a stretch of road subject to a 60mph limit.
The inquest at Salisbury Coroner’s Court heard Hugo died at Southampton General Hospital in Hampshire in the early hours of November 17 last year.
Hugo, described as a “safe driver”, shouted “s**t” moments before the horror smash.
The collision left the “love of his life” Minna Leatham with a broken back.
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