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BBC News Published image copyrightPA Media image captionBethan Roper was fatally injured by a tree branch while leaning out of the window on a Great Western Railway service travelling at about 75mph A woman who stuck her head out of a train window was killed by a tree branch, an inquest jury has concluded. She was returning home to South Wales after a day out with friends Christmas shopping in Bath. Avon coroner Maria Voisin said she would not write a preventing future deaths report because the carriage involved was being phased out. The Great Western Railway (GWR) train was travelling at abo...

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.

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 Brist...

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 was killed after being struck by a branch as she returned from Christmas shopping.