Car driven by Brendel’s son killed woman on icy road

An inquest in Dorset heard today that a woman died after being knocked down by a car driven by the cellist Adrian Brendel in December 2022. Brendel, 48, was driving home from a concert in Oxford when his car hit Natalie Mountford,45, who was assisting another motorist in distress.

Brendel, son of the pianist Alfred Brendel, said he braked as soon as he saw the two cars ahead but, in icy conditions, was unable to stop his Citroen Berlingo from colliding with them. Brendel told Ms Mountford’s family that he was ‘personally devastated and traumatised’.

The inquest was told that police found no wrongdoing on his part: ‘We have got no evidence to say the manner of driving of Mr Brendel is either dangerous or careless.’

Tomorrow’s Times headline reads: BBC Proms cellist killed Good Samaritan who was helping crash driver

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