A man from New Zealand died in a "tragic incident" on a night out just a month after moving to the UK, an inquest heard.
Bradley Douglas, 25, was fatally struck by a bus near Clapham Junction station in south London last October.
Inner West London Coroner's Court was told he had been out with friends and had been "asked to leave" a nearby venue shortly before stepping into a road.
Mr Douglas, from the city of Whangarei on New Zealand's North Island, was then hit by the bus and suffered a "catastrophic" brain injury, it was said.
Online tributes described Mr Douglas, who was in the UK on an overseas exchange scheme, as being "special" and someone with a "big heart".
Assistant coroner Jean Harkin told the inquest Mr Douglas sustained a "severe head injury" after being hit by the bus and died at St George's University Hospital in Tooting five days later.
His parents had flown to London from New Zealand and agreed the machines keeping him alive should be switched off.
Det Const Matt Jackson, from the Met Police's Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said Mr Douglas "walked directly...into the path of a bus".
Mrs Harkin, reading from the police officer's report, said: "[Bradley] was staying with his girlfriend in NW6 and was having a night out with his friends.
"He had been in the UK for one month. He had become intoxicated, resulting in him having been asked to leave the Clapham Grand entertainment venue.
"He leaves the venue and meets with his friends again. He walked directly across the road and into the path of a bus.
"He is propelled forward and lands on the road."
The inquest, held last Wednesday (Sept 4), heard the driver broke immediately, having been driving near the 20mph limit, and attempted to steer away from Mr Douglas.
Though the driver failed a roadside eyesight test and "shouldn't have been driving" the bus without wearing glasses, it was said, forensic collisions investigator Laura Muggleton said the collision could not have been avoided.
She said: "CCTV showed that prior to the collision [Mr Douglas] had stepped into the road while the bus was navigating a right-hand turn into St John's Hill.
"As the bus was coming round, the pedestrian stepped out again and was struck by the corner pillar of the bus.
"There appeared to be [an] indication of the driver reacting in a manner where a brake was applied within one second of the pedestrian entering the road before they fully stepped off the kerb."
Asked by Mrs Harkin if she felt the collision was "unavoidable", Ms Muggleton answered: "I don't believe this collision was avoidable, no."
Dr Maresa Santi, from St George's University Hospital, told the inquest Mr Douglas was admitted to the emergency department on October 6.
She said: "He had been hit by a bus outside Clapham Junction Station. London Ambulance Service said he had been bullseyed by the bus' windscreen.
"He regained cardiac rhythm at 21:04, after CPR and adrenaline. He appeared to have an open, isolated skull fracture.
"He was sadly determined not to be suitable for any intervention due to his head injury.
"His parents had been contacted and were expected to arrive from New Zealand on October 8.
"The decision was made with his parents to withdraw support in the context of the catastrophic brain injury.
"His family consented to organ donation. On October 11, [Mr Douglas] was pronounced deceased at 7:54am."
Concluding that Mr Douglas died from a traumatic brain injury from a road traffic collision, Mrs Harkin said: "On 6th October 2023, [Mr Douglas], on a night out with friends, stepped off a pavement into collision with an oncoming bus on St John's Hill Rd, Clapham Junction, London, sustaining a severe head injury.
"Emergency services attended, taking over bystander CPR and managed to affect a return of spontaneous circulation after 20 minutes.
"He was taken to St. George's Hospital, where an unsurvivable head injury was shown on CT scan.
"He was extubated and confirmed deceased at 07:54 hours on 11th October 2023."
Addressing an officer liaising with Mr Douglas's family, who were not in attendance at the hearing, Mrs Harkin added: "Could you please give the court's condolences back to the family?
"They have had a tragic incident to contend with, so our sincere condolences go out to the family."
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