A TEENAGER was hit by a train after an "emotional" break-up with his girlfriend, an inquest heard.
Student Bradley Kelly died after being hit at Burnage railway station, south Manchester, in April last year.
The 18-year-old had appeared to be coping with the split, but he smashed up a TV at his family home in a fit of anger and subsequently went to stay with a friend.
His mum had asked him to come home just before the teen died.
The inquest into his death heard he died from multiple injuries in the tragedy on April 11 last year.
Bradley – who studied engineering at Stockport College – was described by friends as a talented footballer, a ''lovely guy and a wonderful lad".
His mum, Julie Burns, from Burnage told the Manchester hearing: ''A year before he died, Brad had an emotional episode.
"He went to the doctor's for help saying he had been getting thoughts in his head but after he was given medication he went back to being Bradley again and he was fine.
The pair rekindled their romance but then broke up again, his mum told the inquest: ''Brad had an emotional breakup but it is not fair on the girl he was with to talk about it.
"On the Saturday before he died he was in high spirits but when he came home that night, it escalated from there and I can’t get it into my head why.
''I got home on the Sunday morning and he had smashed the TV. I don’t know if he had had a bad argument but he rung me and said that he did not know why he smashed the television. He was short tempered anyway.''
Mrs Burns added: ''On Tuesday evening I texted to ask if Brad okay as he needed to come home. The reply I got back was that Bradley was fine. But lads do not talk about it.
''I don’t know how someone can go from so happy on Saturday evening. What happened from him going home, to me coming home from work in the morning. We will never know. I just cannot understand.
''He did not show any signs of what led up to what he did. He was great on the Saturday – I just don’t understand what has gone on. ''
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Recording a narrative conclusion assistant coroner Angharad Davies said: ''He appeared to be coping well and spent Saturday being happy and seemed in a good mood. But a TV was smashed and Brad could not remember why he had damaged it. Brad had a short temper but it did not cause significant alarm bells.
''He staying at his ex-girlfriend’s uncles house – they got on well. He had been there for a day and his mother called and Brad was well. She was told that he was okay staying at the uncle’s house, and was expected to be back in the next day or so but it was the last time she heard about his well being.''
Wellwishers raised £1,500 for Bradley's family following his death. One wrote on the Just Giving site: ''The ripple effect of the tragic news has left his friends and the local community devastated.''
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