Police officer was hit by 50mph train as horrified parents listened on phone
dailystar.co.ukinquest heard. PC Lianne Matthews, 38, climbed down onto the tracks after fearing she was going to lose her job as a schools liaison officer.The mum-of-three had previously been fined £1,000 and given a 20-month driving ban for drink-driving and being drunk in charge of a child.But the hearing was told PC Matthews, based in Roath, Cardiff, "changed her mind" about killing herself after speaking to her parents on the phone.Her family said they had convinced her not to commit suicide as she stood on the tracks – only to tragically hear the noise of an approaching engine while still on the call.In a statement read to the court, Lianne's sister Heather Holsgrove said: "Lianne called my mother and was on loudspeaker as my mother wanted my father.
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