A woman died when she stood in the way of a 50 mph train, an inquest heard.
Edwina Butler, 51, was killed by a train being driven by a learner driver at Southwick Railway Station on June 11 this year.
An inquest into her death at Worthing Hospital yesterday heard she was seen on the station's CCTV walking down the platform and onto the tracks.
In a statement, British Transport Police Sgt Christine Holyoake said the housewife, of Thornhill Rise, Portslade, straddled the tracks with her back to the oncoming train.
A post-mortem examination revealed Mrs Butler died from multiple injuries.
A statement read out from her husband Philip said she had had a history of mental health problems and had been diagnosed with manic depression.
But his statement said in the weeks leading up to her death he believed she was getting better.
West Sussex coroner Roger Stone recorded an open verdict.
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