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Train crossing death was accident

A man was hit by a high-speed train as he walked his dog over a crossing point, an inquest heard.

Nigel Jackson, a 50-year-old engineer from Stroud, Gloucestershire, used the foot crossing opposite his home every day, the court was told.

The train driver's statement said Mr Jackson did not seem to hear the First Great Western train before it struck him at 60mph (96km/h) in November 2007.

The jury at Gloucester Shire Hall returned a verdict of accidental death.

'Dog loose'

Gloucestershire coroner Alan Crickmore ruled out the option of suicide.

Paramedics pronounced Mr Jackson - who was later identified using his daughter's DNA - as dead at the scene.

A statement from Mr Jackson's wife Mary Jackson said neighbours discovered the couple's West Highland terrier loose in a nearby field before anyone had realised her husband was dead.

She said: "My husband took the dog up to the fields daily and always used the crossing.

"He did not suffer from depression. He was always very careful when crossing the railway line."

Previously a post-mortem examination had concluded Mr Jackson died from multiple injuries.

He was hit by the First Great Western Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington service on 20 November, at about 0800 GMT.

The train was carrying up to 400 passengers and was held on the track until 1000 GMT.



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