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An intelligence specialist soldier was killed while walking home from a drinking session with army friends, an inquest heard
Lance Corporal Kayde Kumar, 24, decided to walk 10 miles back to his base in Upavon, Wiltshire in the early hours of the morning.
But he was struck by a heavy goods vehicle at 55mph when the driver failed to see him in time as he walked in dark clothes.
An inquest heard it was a mystery why LCpl Kumar, from Wrexham, North Wales, was walking west on the carriageway - and may have got lost after setting off towards his base in Upavon, Wiltshire.
LCpl Kumar's heartbroken mother described her soldier son as 'highly respected' in the military.
Intelligence specialist soldier Lance Corporal Kayde Kumar (pictured), 24, was killed while walking home from a drinking session with army friends, an inquest heard
LCpl Kumar (pictured) decided to walk 10 miles back to his base in Upavon, Wiltshire, to save £30 taxi fare in the early hours of the morning on January 28 last year
The soldier had previously walked miles home
