A CLACTON man died after choking on a beefburger in McDonald's in Colchester on Christmas Eve, an inquest was told.

Joseph Saunders, 51, was rushed to Colchester General Hospital after choking at the fastfood outlet and then suffering a heart attack.

A post mortem examination gave the provisional cause of death as food aspiration and a cardiac arrest.

The inquest was opened in Chelmsford and will be concluded at a later date.