A WOMAN who died when her car came off the road in Purbeck was twice the drink-drive limit, an inquest heard.

The Coroner’s Court at Bournemouth was told on Tuesday that Kelly Wood, 29, had a blood-alcohol level of 167mg when her red Seat Leon smashed into a tree near Monkey World at Wool on Sunday, August 4.

The legal limit is 80mg.

Miss Wood’s fiancé, Jolyon Vizcaya told the hearing that they had been at the Chilli Festival at Wimborne St Giles during the day and had gone to a pub in West Moors afterwards. He had seen her drink one glass of wine.

They went to Miss Wood’s mother’s home to collect her car, before heading home to Wool separately.

Mr Vizcaya went via Wareham to pick up a takeaway and was surprised to find that Miss Wood, who was a paint sprayer at a Verwood car firm and a car-lover, was not home when he arrived.

Worried, he traced her route back and came across the emergency services.

Fighting back tears, he told the inquest: “The traffic officer got called down and asked me some questions about what she was driving and what she was wearing and it was then that he said that they believed that it was her.”

He said she knew the roads well, always drove according to the conditions and that it was “not her way” to drink and drive.

Catherine Cross told the inquest that she saw the red car “flying past”.

She estimated that it was travelling at 80mph or more and she saw it slide out of control in her mirror.

Collision investigator PC Clifton Beard said the car had “massive impact damage” to its offside front, suggesting it was travelling sideways on impact.

The speed could not be precisely calculated.

PC Beard said CCTV at Monkey World showed the car’s brake lights on. He said it suggested a late reaction from the driver and could have been a factor in the car going out of control.

Coroner Sheriff Payne recorded a verdict of death due to a road accident.