A man died in his car after a cardiac arrest, an inquest has been told.

Carl Christopher Cotton, 51, of The Florins, died in Weston Lane in Southampton on July 9.

The inquest into his death was opened at Winchester Coroners' Court on Wednesday.

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Area coroner Henry Charles said that Mr Cotton was found in his car by passers-by in a state of cardiac arrest.

Emergency services were called, with an air ambulance dispatched, but he died at the scene.

The preliminary cause of death was given by Mr Charles as hypoglycaemia, type 1 diabetes, mixed drug abuse and ischemic heart disease.

Mr Charles adjourned the inquest to take place in full at Winchester Coroners' Court on June 5 next year.