A train driver was unable to avoid hitting a man who jumped out in front of him at Oxford railway station, Oxford Coroner's Court heard.

Lindsay Neilson, of Bayswater Mill, Headington, Oxford, died on March 23 last year when he jumped out in front of the First Great Western train.

Yesterday, Oxford coroner Nicholas Gardiner recorded that the 48-year-old ardent Oxford United supporter had taken his own life.

In evidence read out to the court, train driver Mark Gibbs said he was setting off from Oxford to London when the incident happened.

He said: "I saw a man walk towards the platform edge, squat down and then jump the four foot drop to land on the track in front of me. I saw him squat down.

"I pushed the brakes into full emergency and sounded the horn. It was about this point that he went out of my sight through the windscreen.

"I heard a bang and then a rattling as the train passed over the man. I stopped the train completely and set off the emergency call."

Pathologist Dr Godman Greywoode gave the cause of Mr Neilson's death as massive internal bleeding and loss of blood.

Documentary evidence about Mr Neilson's medical history was provided to the coroner by representatives from the community mental health team and the community addictions services.