THE inquest into the death of a lorry driver has been opened.

Jozeph Kovach, 63, was transferred to the Royal Stoke Hospital after falling around 4m onto concrete at Deeside Industrial Estate in March.

John Gittins, senior coroner for North Wales (East and Central) said the lorry driver sustained a skull fracture and later died at the hospital on May 16.

The inquest has been adjourned until a later date.