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Housing association worker was stabbed in heart before crashing car, inquest told
Eleanor Barnfield was found with injuries to her chest following a car crash
A woman was stabbed in the heart before crashing her car, an inquest has heard.
Eleanor Barnfield, 47, died in hospital on 19 October after being found by paramedics with injuries to her chest following the crash on Coity Road, in Bridgend.
An inquest opening at Pontypridd Coroner's Court on Thursday heard a provisional cause of death for the housing association worker had been given as "stab wound to the trunk involving the heart".
Clifford Foster, 61, has previously appeared in court charged with her murder.
The coroner's office told the hearing: "South Wales Police received a report of a road traffic collision in Bridgend on 19 October.
"The driver, Eleanor Barnfield, was found to have a stab wound to her chest by attending paramedics."
The inquest heard Eleanor was taken to the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, where she later died.
Coroner Rachel Knight said it was necessary to open an inquest, but it would be "suspended pending the criminal investigation".
Ger-y-Nant, a sheltered housing retirement complex, where Clifford Foster was arrested