THE son of a Cirencester woman who died days after a car crash which killed her husband has disputed findings that his mother's death was 'natural'.

The inquest for Chris Day, 76, has been delayed as a result of queries by Colin Day, who believes the crash caused his mother's death.

He also suggested that his mother may not have died if she had been kept on a monitor in intensive care instead of being moved to a private room at Southmead Hospital, Bristol.

He raised the queries when he attended Gloucester Coroner's Court last week for the inquest of his mother Chris, who had been badly injured in the crash on the A429 near Cotswold Airport in Kemble last November.

She was the front seat passenger in a car being driven by her husband, John, when it was involved in a head on collision with dangerous driver Shane Davis, 26. Mr Day died at the scene.

After the horrific crash Mrs Day was taken to Southmead Hospital and passed away nine days later, on November 23 last year.

A post mortem report gave her cause of death as 'natural causes' as she had a heart attack while in the hospital. Nothing could be found to link the attack directly to the crash.

But Mrs Day's son told the Gloucestershire Senior Coroner, Katy Skerrett, that he disputes the finding because his mother had no previous history of heart problems and was in good health until the collision.

He said he believes it was the crash which directly brought on the cardiac arrest.

He also raised concerns about the care his mother received when she was transferred from the intensive care unit at the hospital to a private room where she was no longer on a monitor.

He said he believes that if his mother had been on a monitor her death could have been prevented.

Deciding not to go ahead with the inquest in view of Mr Day's concerns the coroner said she felt more information was required surrounding the cirumstances of her death and the care afforded to her in hospital. She adjourned the inquest to a date to be fixed.

Shane Davis, of Fosse Close, Cirencester, was jailed for six years and banned from driving for the same period of time on September 29.

He admitted causing the death of beloved grandad Mr Day by dangerous driving while over the drink drive limit.

Davis caused the fatal collision when he veered onto the wrong side of the road on a sharp bend.

The Day family's agony at the loss of the much loved couple was compounded by callous social media messages allegedly posted by Davis.

In one he said "Twinkle Twinkle Little star, I want to hit with my car, throw you off a tree so high, hope you break your neck and die."

Mr and Mrs Day had spent the day of the tragedy in Malmesbury helping their granddaughter Lydia to decorate her new home. Lydia was at the time six-weeks pregnant but was never able to give her grandparents the happy news.