11.14pm, 11.16pm, 11.17pm, 11,26pm, 11.43pm... the unanswered calls of a desperate woman
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA personal trainer with a history of mental health problems took her own life herself following a series of unanswered calls to a helpline, an inquest heard.
Madeline Hughes, 34, suffered catastrophic fatal injuries after deliberately walking into the path of a train. Ms Hughes was at home in south Manchester when she made five calls to the Laureate House 'home-based treatment team' - on the grounds of Wythenshawe Hospital, run by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - just before midnight on April 21.
None of the calls were picked up, an inquest into Ms Hughes' death was told. She became 'agitated', before her mother called 999 when her daughter 'sprinted' out of the house.
As a search began, Ms Hughes managed to climb onto a railway line off a motorway, before crouching in front of a speeding train.
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