Overview
- Coroner Graeme Hughes at Pontypridd Coroner's Court ruled in April 2026 that Lynda Shahwan died from infective complications, specifically peritonitis, linked to injuries from a road traffic collision.
- The family car overturned in North Vancouver on July 15 last year, leaving her with a fractured rib, a collapsed lung, and abdominal bruising.
- She was treated at Lions Gate Hospital and discharged the next day, then judged unfit to fly and stayed in Vancouver as her husband and sons returned to Wales on July 18.
- Relatives raised concerns when they could not reach her on July 19, and Canadian police found her dead at a holiday apartment on West 13th Avenue.
- Colleagues at BBC Radio Wales praised her 25-year career, highlighting her work with Roy Noble and the Plotcast she co-hosted with gardener Terry Walton.