Man died waiting for ambulance

20 January 2014 Last updated at 10:35 GMT

Fred Pring died after 42 minute wait for ambulance

Fred Pring was having treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A Flintshire man who lay dying at home waiting more than 40 minutes for an ambulance may have survived if it had arrived within its eight minutes target time, a coroner has said.

Fred Pring, 74, from Mynydd Isa, died 42 minutes after his wife, Joyce, had first called 999, an inquest was told.

Summing up on Monday, coroner John Gittins said it was not his role to apportion blame or responsibility.

He said Mr Pring died of heart disease and obstructive pulmonary disease.