Thank you for posting that. I'm adding quote from that article, which reported on a coroners's hearing so that we have recorded the context here too. As the court was adjourned to a later date, no conclusion has yet been reached.
Pewsey is in mourning after an 82-year-old pensioner and her pet dog were killed by an express train while walking across a public level crossing.
Outstanding member of the community’ Shirley Pope had been walking on the crossing because a nearby bridge she normally used 80 yards away in Pewsey, Wiltshire, was closed for urgent safety repairs.
A member of the public spotted her body after the train had sped by.
The bridge was shut last autumn, and the repair work had still not been carried out.
Locals have said the tragedy should never have occurred.
Top Wiltshire Councillor Jerry Kunkler stressed: ”This is a tragic accident. It is very upsetting. We have lost an outstanding member of our community.”
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British Transport Police said crime had been ruled out.
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An inquest at Salisbury, Wiltshire was told Shirley Pope 82 from Pewsey was walking across a public level crossing in Pewsey on February 26 [2025] when she was struck by a train.
A member of the public called the police after seeing her body.
She died at the scene from multiple traumatic injuries and was identified by finger prints.
Death was confirmed by paramedics at 1427 hours.
The inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed.
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