Inquest verdict into death of woman who leant out of train window

[John Ashworth]

Narrative verdict in inquest into death of woman who leant out of train window

A woman was killed by an overhanging tree branch when she stuck her head out of a window of a moving train, an inquest jury has concluded. Bethan Roper, 28, received fatal head injuries in the incident on a Great Western Railway (GWR) train that was travelling at around 75mph...

Investigators told Avon coroner’s court that the warning label above the window – a yellow sticker with the words “Caution do not lean out of window when train is moving” – was not a sufficient deterrent...