Coroner Peter Bedford recorded an open verdict at the hearing on Tuesday, January 19 for Mr Pilgrim's death on Friday, October 24, 2014 A father-of-two from Tilehurst who fell out of a car on the M4 was alive before being struck by an oncoming vehicle, an inquest heard at Reading town hall. Coroner Peter Bedford recorded an open verdict at the hearing on Tuesday, January 19, after obtaining evidence and witness statements following the death of Mark Pilgrim on Friday, October 24, 2014.