A Wigan man who struggled with his mental health after being released from prison died after being hit by a train, an inquest heard.

As a youngster Nathan Hall loved sport, particularly wrestling and athletics, but at just 18 years old he was given a custodial sentence.

A documentary inquest at Bolton Coroner’s Court heard his dad Darren Hall said in a statement that he had “changed” when he was released and was scared of being sent back to prison.

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He was prescribed antidepressants for depression and anxiety, starting in prison and then after his release until April 2022.

Nathan, who was one of five children, did labouring jobs, worked with his uncle at a printing business and was trying to set up his own business selling T-shirts and tracksuits.

But his dad said Nathan had been hearing voices which made fun of him and he persuaded him to make an emergency appointment with his GP.

He last saw his son at around 2.15pm on June 10, when he left their home on Marsh Green on a bicycle, but did not say where he was going.

The inquest heard Nathan went to the railway line near the Heinz factory in Kitt Green, hid behind bushes and jumped onto the track when a Northern train was approaching.

The train, which was going between Manchester Oxford Road and Southport, was travelling at 65mph and the driver was starting to slow it down ready to stop at Gathurst.

He saw Nathan, applied the brake and sounded the horn, but could not prevent a collision, the court heard.

The driver contacted the control room and British Transport Police (BTP) and emergency services rushed to the area.

Paramedics confirmed Nathan had died at 7.50pm and a post-mortem examination found the medical cause of his death was multiple injuries.

A BTP investigation found no suspicious circumstances surrounding Nathan’s death.

The force’s designing out crime team made recommendations to repair and maintain security features in the area, but found Nathan did not access the track through any previously damaged section.

Coroner Peter Sigee recorded that he died by suicide, saying he “deliberately” put himself in the path of the train.

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