A young man who died after being hit by a train was not identified until a week later, an inquest heard today (July 25).

Jakub Kaminski, aged 24, from Banbury was found on railway tracks near to Hamilton Close in the town on January 25.

A man living in the close alerted police after he heard screams for help at around 6.25am.

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The inquest heard that officers were initially unable to locate the person in distress, but later found Mr Kaminski around 100m down the track using a drone.

They were not able to identify the 24-year-old’s body until his keys were recognised by a work colleague on February 1 following a media appeal.

The inquest heard that Mr Kaminski’s cause of death following a post-mortem was given as massive trauma.

Oxford Mail: Jakub Kaminski's keys were found near the sceneJakub Kaminski's keys were found near the scene (Image: British Transport Police)

British transport police investigator, Paul Simmonds told Oxford Coroner’s Court: “Mr Kaminski was most likely struck by the train at 6.05am.

“A driver had reported seeing movement on the tracks at the location but after stopping could see no evidence of a collision.”

Mr Simmonds explained that Mr Kaminski was not killed immediately by the train, which therefore explained the shouts heard by residents.

But the investigator added it was likely the 24-year-old had died by the time officers arrived on scene at around 6.30am.

The 24-year-old was last seen by colleagues, leaving the warehouse where he worked on the evening of January 24.

A witness statement from a work friend was read out to Oxford Coroner’s Court.

The colleague explained that Mr Kaminski had asked ‘what would be the quickest way to kill himself’ at work the day before he died.

Oxford Mail: Oxford Coroner's Court where the inquest was heardOxford Coroner's Court where the inquest was heard

Oxfordshire’s head coroner, Darren Salter ruled the death as a suicide.

The inquest heard that the warehouse operative had presented himself to A&E on at least two occasions prior to his death.

Mr Salter said: “It appears that he was assessed on December 9 last year by a psychiatrist.

“He admitted that he had been drinking alcohol and taking drugs.

“He wanted to leave the apartment and did not want to wait for a written mental health plan.

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“There was not a full mental health assessment because he wanted to leave and there were no grounds for keeping him in.

“He did go again to the hospital on January 13 but that was more to do with a physical concern about having a cardiac arrest.

“There was no psychiatric assessment on either occasion."

Mr Salter explained that there was evidence that Mr Kaminski intended the outcome of his actions to be fatal and that there were no suspicious circumstances.

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