'Unclear' why taxi veered off M50 before crashing into truck parked on hard shoulder

The driver died instantly as a result of a collision which occurred on the southbound side of the M50 in 2020. File picture

A taxi driver was killed after his cab veered off the M50 in Dublin for no apparent reason and crashed into a broken-down truck parked on the hard shoulder of the motorway, an inquest has heard.

The driver, Michael Sterio (70) a married father of six of Garthy Wood, Knocklyon, Co. Dublin, died instantly as a result of the collision which occurred on the southbound side of the M50 between Junction 12 (Firhouse) and Junction 13 (Dundrum/Sandyford) at around 2.40pm on September 8, 2020.