By Steve Robson PUBLISHED: 11:24 EST, 23 April 2013 | UPDATED: 11:44 EST, 23 April 2013 Heartbreak: Young father Geoffrey Firkins, pictured with his son Cody-Jay, died in a horrific crash as he sped to find his fiancee A young father was killed in a horror crash as he sped to rescue his fiancée after she was attacked in a nightclub, an inquest has heard. Geoffrey Firkins, 21, died when his Vauxhall Corsa collided with a lorry and a Peugeot 206 in the early hours of February 7 last year. North Staffordshire Coroners Court heard heard today how minutes earlier, he had received a phone call from fiancée Katie Evans, 21, telling him she had been assaulted during a night-out with friends.
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Geoffrey Firkins, 21, involved in horror smash in Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent
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Minutes earlier fiancee Katie Evans called to tell him she had been assaulted
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Inquest heard father-of-one was not wearing a seatbelt  at the time
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