A man has said his life was 'ruined' after both his parents were killed in a horror eight-car crash on the M40 at High Wycombe.

Jagdish Singh Bhogal, 70, and Jaswinder Kaur Bhogal, 68, both died in the incident involving eight cars and a coach on Sunday, January 22, 2023.

Ten other people also suffered minor injuries in the incident, which happened between Junction 5 Stokenchurch and Junction 4 Handy Cross.

Now Jagdish and Jaswinder’s son, Inderjit Singh Bhogal, has spoken of the impact his parents' death has had on him at an inquest at Beaconsfield Coroners Court.

Beaconsfield Coroners Court (Image: NQ)

He said he has had 'panic attacks' since the incident, which happened on the Lane End stretch of the motorway heading towards London.

Inderjit said: “I will never forget the knock on the door from the police. All I kept saying was, please tell me my parents are OK.

“I have had panic attacks, I have been drinking every day, morning to night.

“I cannot travel anymore as I have to get lifts from friends, and I can’t even take public transport.

“I cannot even go on holiday with my family, and we used to go on four holidays a year."

The inquest, which started on Wednesday, heard evidence from coach driver, David Gunter.

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It heard how Mr Gunter, who works for the Banbury-based business, Cheney, picked up a group of churchgoers who had hired the vehicle to attend the Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Bowes Road, London.

However, not long after 8 am on January 22, the coach that Mr Gunter was driving crashed into a Mercedes AMG, which contained the couple.

Mr and Mrs Singh Bhogal, who lived in Ilford, died at the scene.

Multiple other crashes also occurred in and around the incident.

An emotional Mr Singh Bhogal also said that he wanted to ‘see’ Mr Gunter in person at the inquest, but doesn’t ‘blame’ the driver, who has had a clean record since becoming a professional driver in the early 2000s.

During the first day of the inquest, four witnesses were called to give their version of events, whilst multiple written statements were read out by senior coroner, Crispin Butler.

Each testimony revealed that the low winter’s sun played a role in the crash, with some witnesses calling it ‘blinding’ and ‘dazzling’ and calling the visibility ‘so bad’.

As testimonies were being heard, Mr Butler acknowledged that ‘it would be difficult for everyone involved’ to revisit the incident ‘well over two years’ after it first took place and that he ‘wishes everyone well for the future as this has been incredibly difficult.’

The inquest heard how both individuals would have ‘died almost instantly’ after suffering ‘traumatic’ head and chest injuries.