A "quit-witted and bright" boy who was killed by a train appeared "cheerful" before stepping onto the tracks, an inquest has heard. "Kind" 14-year-old Sam Connor walked "purposefully" towards the end of the platform just before he died but a coroner has been unable to conclude if he intended to kill himself.
It was the end of a school day and "popular" Sam was at the station with 200 fellow pupils when he and a friend deliberately walked off from the group towards the end of the platform, SurreyLive reports.
Closing the inquest into the boy's death on July 15, 2019, senior coroner Richard Travers said: "I cannot satisfactorily reach a conclusion as to where the truth lies and I must not speculate as to Sam’s reasons." Sam, from Chertsey
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