The mother of a carer who was suffering from mental illness when he committed suicide on the Bingley bypass has called for a review into his treatment.

Elizabeth Madden is demanding answers of Bradford District NHS Care Trust after her son, John Madden, walked in front of an articulated lorry just six days after his father’s death, an inquest heard yesterday.

In a statement read to the inquest by Bradford deputy coroner Roger Whittaker, Mrs Madden said the mental illness her 42-year-old son had suffered in earlier life had returned and he was being supported by the care trust.

In the statement, Mrs Madden said: “We have made it clear that we want them to review his treatment in relation to this case.”

Mr Madden, a “caring and considerate” man and proud father-of-three, of Bailey Hill Road, Bingley, was in collision with a Volvo articulated lorry, driven by Simon Smith on March 21.

At the time of his death, Mr Madden had been separated from his French wife Sandrine, and feared she would move to France with their children, the inquest heard.

Mr Madden, a university graduate, had been living at his mother’s house in Bingley after the split and had cared for his dying father.

Eyewitnesses on the day he died said he had walked down a grassy slope near the Three Rise Locks, and jumped over a metal barrier and into the path of the lorry. Mr Smith had been driving from Skipton to his company’s depot when Mr Madden walked into the road with his arms outstretched, the inquest heard.

The lorry driver, who was still visibly shaken at yesterday’s hearing, “could not have avoided” the fatal collision, eye-witnesses and an accident investigator said.

Mr Whittaker, who recorded a verdict that Mr Madden took his own life, told the inquest that, following Mr Madden’s death, he had read a Sudden Untoward Incident review, compiled by the care trust and had chosen not to call representatives as “interested persons” to give evidence at the inquest.

He said: “The behaviour of the trust in relation to John’s death was called into question.

“Having reviewed the (report) file, I have declined the request for them to be treated as ‘interested persons’.”

Simon Large, chief executive of the care trust, said: “I would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family of Mr Madden for their tragic loss.

“We have carried out a full investigation and the family have been involved in this process. We are continuing to work with the family to answer any further queries they may have.”