A "KIND and caring" teenager who died after being hit by a train near Worcester committed suicide, an inquest has found.

On the day of his death, April 27 this year, 17-year-old Felix Alexander said he was getting the bus to school, but instead went to the railway tracks at Abbotswood Junction, Norton, just outside Worcester, the inquest heard.

At the inquest, held at Worcestershire Coroner's Court in Stourport on Wednesday, senior coroner Geraint Williams said: "Felix Alexander was a young man with a very bright future.

"He had had difficulties at one of his schools and for his sixth form education he moved to Pershore High School.

"He clearly found it rather difficult to make new friends there and he told friends something about himself that simply wasn't true.

"When they discovered that, some ostracised him - although some were supportive. That was effectively the last straw. He wanted to be accepted and felt he had let himself down.

"He went to the railway line at Abbotswood Junction, where he placed himself in front of a train which struck him."

The coroner concluded Mr Alexander, of Droitwich Road, Worcester, committed suicide and expressed his condolences to his family.

Hundreds of mourners packed into the city's St Stephen's Church for the teenager's funeral in May.

Speaking at the funeral, Mr Alexander's mum, Lucy, said: "Felix was always incredibly loving, we miss him with every fibre of our being."

Clive Corbett, the headteacher of Pershore High School, said: "Although Felix only joined us last September from King’s School in Worcester, we have lost a well-loved member of our school community and miss him deeply.

"In his all too short time with us, Felix made a lasting impression on those who he met as a kind and caring person with a real sense of fun."