Woman died after sticking head out of moving train window, inquest hears

Bethan Roper, 28, who died on a Bristol Temple Meads-bound train service on December 1 while returning from a Christmas shopping trip with friends (Family/British Transport Police/PA)

Friends were sticking their heads out of the window of a train when one was killed after being struck by an overhanging tree branch, an inquest heard.

Bethan Roper, 28, suffered fatal head injuries while a passenger on the Great Western Railway (GWR) travelling at around 75mph.