AN 18-year-old teenager from Yate left suicide video messages to his family before he stepped in front of a train, an inquest heard.

Luke Dadds, who lived on Dorset Way, was killed by the train half a mile north of the Yate station, north of the Celestine Road foot crossing, which was travelling at 85mph just before 7am on January 6 this year.

An inquest was held at Avon Coroners’ Court in Flax Bourton on Tuesday, May 20 where Assistant Coroner Terence Moore heard that Luke had suffered from low moods and had been visiting his doctor and prescribed anti-depressants.

Luke, a former Brimsham Green School pupil who was working as a personal shopper at Tesco, had been visiting Courtside Surgery since October last year.

A statement from his GP, Dr Rachel Bailey, said Luke had admitted to smoking cannabis most days and had been suffering from a recurring dream of his friends looking at a photograph of him at a funeral.

Luke’s father Kevin told the inquest the night before Luke’s death they had watched football on the television together and said: “Night, see you up there” which his father described as “unusual.”

On the morning of his death, Luke told his mum “I love you” before leaving for work at 5.45am.

Mr Dadds shortly after found Luke’s mobile phone in his bed with his PIN number and instructions to access four videos showing Luke distressed and crying to his family.

He said he watched 10 seconds of the first video before he started to search for his son and called his wife Suzanne who returned home from work and they soon after heard sirens coming from the railway line.

The inquest heard a statement from John Wilson, investigating officer for British Transport Police (BTP), who were called to the railway line at 6.48am.

Mr Wilson said the train driver, Stephen Pridday, had been “shocked to see a man coming from behind the bushes and running towards the line”, and applied the emergency breaks but was “unable to stop.”

The medical cause of death of multiple traumatic injuries was concluded by Dr Edward Sheffield from Western General Hospital.

Mr Moore concluded a verdict of suicide and said: “I want to offer my sincere condolences to his family."