A 33-year-old man died after taking a “high level of heroin” despite his friend’s efforts to save him, an inquest has heard.

Samuel Moore, from Clitheroe, died in the early hours of Wednesday, September 7, 2022, after being taken by ambulance from an address in Peel Street, Clitheroe.

He was pronounced dead at Royal Blackburn Hospital shortly after arriving at two minutes past midnight, the inquest at Accrington Town Hall heard on Wednesday, February 1.

Andrew Hayes, senior paramedic team leader at North West Ambulance Service, said they received a call at 11.02pm to attend an incident of an unresponsive male in Peel Street.

No CPR was being given at the time of the call, but he was updated that CPR was being administered one minute before the ambulance’s arrival.

Paramedics attached a LUCAS device – a device that gives mechanical chest compressions to patients in cardiac arrest – to Samuel and started advanced life support.

He was given 30 minutes of life support and eight doses of adrenaline.

Jason Parkington, a friend of Samuel and the owner of the property in Peel Street, said Samuel had asked him if he could stay at his house as he had nowhere else to go.

Samuel had been in Blackpool a few days before where he was involved in a minor altercation. After being picked up by police, they were instructed by him to take him to Peel Street.

Mr Parkington said he had not seen or heard from Samuel for six months and they were catching up in the kitchen when Samuel pulled out around 10 grams of heroin.

Samuel then fell asleep at the stool he was sat at, and when he woke, he complained he felt sick.

He then vomited on the kitchen floor before becoming unresponsive. Mr Parkington said he tried to administer CPR but struggled with this due to having muscular dystrophy.

He said he then called for an ambulance and, after they administered CPR and life support, Samuel  was taken away in an ambulance.

At 3.30am on September 7, Mr Parkington was awoken by police officers at his door and was told Samuel had died in hospital.

Detective Inspector Andrew Fallows of Lancashire Constabulary, who was present in court, said officers attended Peel Street to conduct enquiries, where it was suggested Samuel had fallen off the stool and collapsed.

Burnt tin foil, consistent with smoking heroin, was recovered from the property.

A toxicology report said there were known previous admissions to hospital due to drug overdose.

It added there was evidence for cocaine use, which can raise the heart rate, and enough morphine from the heroin to cause death, though a low blood alcohol concentration.

There was no evidence of an assault and no signs of trauma apart from the previous minor injuries, as well as no criminal involvement and no further police involvement.

Concluding the inquest, Coroner Rachel Galloway said Samuel Moore had died from a drugs overdose.