AN inquest is due to be held this week into the death of a 29-year-old St Albans man who died after being hit by a car last year.

Luke Moloney, of Clarence Road, was rushed to the QEII Hospital in the early hours of Sunday, October 31, following a collision in Hatfield Road, Smallford.

Floral tributes were left at the scene following his death, with many friends and family paying tributes Luke.

A post mortem revealed a cause of death as fracture to the cervical spine - which will be confirmed at the inquest to be held at Hatfield Coroners Court on Thursday, May 12.