A NAIL caused an horrific Bank Holiday crash which claimed the life of a Poole building society manager, an inquest heard.

Jason Shelley, 32, died instantly after a new sports car being driven by his brother Marc careered out of control and ended up embedded in a coach on the Upton by-pass near Poole.

The coach driver Denis Sims recalled how tragedy had struck on August 24 last year as members of Bournemouth and Poole Rambling Club were travelling home from a day-out to Osmington.

"As I went under a fly-over I noticed the undergrowth was moving and then an open-topped sports car shot out in front of me," said Mr Sims.

"It appeared out of no-where and I hit it straight on, coming to a halt with the vehicle embedded underneath the front of the coach. It gave me sleepless nights."

In a statement, rambling club leader Derek Lowe said he had watched as the silver coloured demonstration car came down the embankment.

"There was a loud bang and I saw wisps of steam in front of our windscreen," he added.

A post mortem revealed how Mr Shelley of Windsor Road, Parkstone, had died from multiple injuries.

Dorset police vehicle examine Philip Sawyer said a nail had penetrated the car's rear off-side tyre.

"The tyre was deflated at the time of the crash and is likely to be the primary cause of the collision," he added.

Crash investigator Pc Andrew Boardman said the sports car had been travelling at not less than 38 mph when it entered the slip road.

Business manager Marc Shelley from Poole told the Bournemouth hearing how he had driven vehicles as part of his motor dealership job. But he never been behind the wheel of the powerful Vauxhall 220 Turbo, which had just 680 miles on its clock, before.

Marc Shelly was hospitalised for weeks after the collision.

District Coroner Sheriff Payne recorded a verdict that Mr Jason Shelley had died as a result of a road collision.