A teenager jumped to his death from a bridge after his girlfriend dumped him on Facebook.

Will Rayner died after she announced online she was no longer in a relationship, an inquest heard.

Victoria Vater told police she had changed her entry after they argued in a pub.

The teenager sent her texts suggesting he would harm himself, and she texted him back imploring him not to do anything stupid.

The 19-year-old’s body was hit by two cars as they drove under the bridge over the A22 at East Grinstead.

Bloody tyre marks at the scene showed the first car reversed and drove off after hitting the body just after 5am on May 2.

The car has never been traced despite intensive efforts by Sussex Police to find the driver.

Mr Rayner, who worked for Aldi in East Grinstead, was struck soon after by a Mercedes E320.

Driver, Nicholas de Knoop, was with his two sons and at first thought he had hit a stick in the road.

He got out to check and found Mr Rayner in a pool of blood with massive head injuries.

The teenager’s white Volvo was found near the top of the bridge 60ft above the A22, an inquest at Horsham Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.

A post mortem revealed he had died from head injuries as a result of the fall from the bridge.

Will was a trainee store manager and had worked for Aldi since July last year and had been told he was going to be promoted.

He had moved in with his sister Abigail Rayner and her partner while he looked for somewhere to live.

In a statement, she said: “He went to Wales with his girlfriend over the Easter weekend and when he came back he seemed very happy.

“He was in good health and certainly did not appear to be depressed, although he did not talk an awful lot.

“Will seemed to love his life and was happy.

“This came right out of the blue.”

Mr Rayner sent his sister a text just 40 minutes before his body was found on the A22.

He told her: “Just wanted to say thank you for putting me up with me over the last couple of weeks.

“Say thank you to Neil, too. Love you.”

West Sussex coroner Penelope, Schofield, recorded a verdict that he took his own life.