A CORONER has recorded an open verdict into the death of a man who fell from a moving car onto the A40 near Hanger Lane.

Aaron McQueen-Williams, 23, of Cranmer Close, Eastcote, had been in the back of a car with his two friends sitting in the front.

Shortly after midnight, in the early hours of May 27, 2011, a witness saw the left rear door of the moving vehicle open followed by a man holding on to it.

For reasons unknown, the car swerved slightly and Mr McQueen-Williams fell to the ground, hitting the back of his head.

Mr McQueen-Williams, who was an estate agent, died later that day at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington.

A post mortem examination gave the cause of death as the head injury sustained by the fall, at the inquest at West London’s Coroners Court on Tuesday.

The five door silver BMW, driven by Geoffrey Anwanyu, had been travelling at around 40mph when the incident happened, and did not stop.

The inquest heard that Mr McQueen-Williams had been in an argument over money with his friend, Paul Muschett, who was sitting in the passenger seat.

Roberto Turi, a cab driver who witnessed the incident, said he was driving around the Perivale area when the BMW overtook him from the left.

He said: “I was about 30 metres away and noticed there was something strange going on, the door opening was not a normal thing to happen. The car was moving from one lane to another.

“First his feet came out and then he was holding onto the door. His body was facing the direction of travel but he was looking over his shoulder.

“The movement of his mouth suggested he was saying ‘help’ but I could not hear. Then he was on the ground in the centre of the three lanes and I stopped my vehicle to help.”

Two other vehicles then stopped to assist and an ambulance was called.

Mr McQueen-Williams was put in the recovery position by witnesses until an ambulance and two police cars arrived.

Pathologist Dr Biedrzycki said that a very significant impact to the back of the head had caused a skull fracture.

He said: “As blood accumulates, the pressure increases. The surgeon attempted to release the pressure by taking a piece of skull bone away but unfortunately it was too late and pressure had built up to such a degree that it had caused further haemorrhages.”

Tristan Thomas, a family friend, described Mr McQueen-Williams as ‘gentle and not confrontational’.