An inquest has been opened into the death of an Okehampton man who was found unresponsive in an Exeter street.

Anthony Hezsely died in the intensive care unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital on July 16 – two days after he was found suffering a cardiac arrest in Sidwell Street in Exeter. He was 54.

An inquest was opened on Wednesday, October 14 in Exeter and heard that Anthony was born in Okehampton but had been living more recently in Beacon Avenue in Exeter.

The inquest heard that his cause of death was hypoxic brain injury due to a cardiac arrest and multiple drug toxicity.

The inquest was adjourned.