A 'loving husband, father and grandfather' died in a crash on the M6 after his tyre suddenly deflated.
Adam Tadeusz Wrobel was travelling in a white Volvo LGV and articulated trailer when he crashed into a bridge support between Junction 17 and 18.
He died on September 7, 2021, after witnesses heard a 'loud bang' and saw a 'puff of smoke' come from the offside front tyre.
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His daughter has paid tribute to him during an inquest that took place in Warrington Coroners Court on February 25, Cheshire Live report.
Justyna Wrobel describing him as a 'loving husband, father, grandfather and a loyal friend always willing to help others.'
She said: "He was a driver for more than 30 years and he never thought about changing his career path. Working was an important part of his life. He loved his work so much.
"He passed away doing what he loved. He was a huge optimist. He had many dreams and plans for his retirement and it was his life goal to buy a motor home and travel with his wife around Europe showing her everything he had seen while working.
"He was married for 40 years. He and his wife had four children and seven grandchildren."
During an inquest into his death, a forensic toxicologist, Kirsty Watson said there were no drugs or alcohol detected in the blood of Mr Wrobel.
And pathologist Dr David Butterworth said the cause of Mr Wrobel's death as 'multiple injuries', with the most severe being an injury to the head which was 'non-survivable.'
Paul Elwood, an eyewitness to the incident, was travelling behind the LGV when he heard a 'loud bang' and saw a 'puff of smoke' come from the offside front tyre.
He said: "I hadn't been concerned in the way that it was being driven. I was in lane one looking ahead when I heard a loud bang and I saw a puff of smoke coming from the offside front tyre of the truck.
"The entire vehicle wobbled, mounted the barrier on the left and in less than two seconds it hit the bridge."
Following the collision, Mr Elwood made his way to the front of the truck to check on the driver, but said there was no response when he called out.
Daniel Gibbons, an eyewitness who was driving a HGV in lane two at the time of the incident said that the weather was 'fine' with the road surface 'dry' and visibility 'clear'.
Recalling the incident, Mr Gibbons said: "As I was passing, I kept carrying out my usual mirror checks and I hadn't had a chance to decide whether or not I was going to move into lane one or remain in lane two when I saw what I thought was the front offside tyre blow out.
"Although I don't recall hearing any noise, I saw what looked like a small cloud at the side of the tyre.
"It looked like the driver tried to keep control but in no time at all the LGV had moved to its left and it looked like the LGV got caught on the barrier before going partly up the bank and hitting the bridge wall."
PC Andrew Fellowes, a forensic collision investigator, said the vehicle was travelling 56mph as it approached the collision scene.
Dashcam footage showed what appeared to be 'white smoke' coming from the offside of the vehicle at 8.04am, which PC Fellowes said was 'consistent with sudden tyre deflation'.
PC Fellowes said: "Considering the amount of time between the white smoke becoming visible and the collision with the bridge support, it is unlikely Mr Wrobel had sufficient time in order to regain control of his vehicle and avoid a collision."
David Price, a forensic accident investigator, found that the front nearside left tyre burst immediately before the lorry veered to the left.
Mr Price said: "In my opinion, when bursting, it created the puff of smoke which would've passed to either side of the vehicle, and so was responsible for the puff seen on the dashcam recording and the witnesses.
"In my experience, the bursting of a front tyre on such a vehicle often causes a sudden and very sharp turn on the side of the deflated tyre and it's not something that the driver can counteract."
Mr Price added that a 'very large proportion' of the tread was not retrieved from the scene of the accident, which meant it was not possible to be 'entirely certain' of the events that lead up to the tyre bursting and the cause of it bursting.
However, he said: "I believe the detachment of large sections of the tread happened only moments before the tyre burst. For that to have happened I believe that the tread had been separated for a considerable distance prior to the tyre bursting."
