A woman was killed when she was struck by an overhanging tree branch as she leant out of a train window, an inquest has heard. Bethan Roper, 28, was declared dead in Bristol Temple Meads after suffering fatal head injuries on a Great Western Railway service travelling at around 75mph. The inquest at Ashton Court, near Bristol, heard Miss Roper, from Penarth, South Wales died on the evening of December 1, 2018 while returning home with friends from a day out Christmas shopping in Bath. Avon Coroner’s Court heard she was leaning out of the window of a door of a train heading for Bristol Temple Meads when her head was struck by an ash tree branch growing on land adjacent to the line.
Woman, 28, died after sticking head out of moving train window, inquest hears
Bethan Roper,28, worked for the Welsh Refugee Council charity and was chairwoman of Young Socialists Cardiff
A GWR train (Image: GWR)
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Friends were sticking their heads out of the window of a train when one was killed after being struck by an overhanging tree branch, an inquest heard.
Friends were putting heads out of train window when one fatally struck branch, inquest told
Bethan Roper, 28, struck her head on an ash tree branch only seconds after putting her head out of the window of the 75mph train, an inquest heard
Bethan Roper was a keen traveller (Image: Adrian Roper)
Friends were sticking their heads out of the window of a train when one was killed after being struck by an overhanging tree branch, an inquest heard.
Bethan Roper, 28, suffered fatal head injuries while a passenger on the Great Western Railway (GWR) travelling at around 75mph. She was returning home to Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan from a day out with friends Christmas shopping in Bath.