Daughter commits suicide on rail track after father took own life at same spot

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A grieving daughter committed suicide on a railway line just three days after her father killed himself on the same stretch of track.


Colleen O'Connor, 39, was found dead on the outskirts of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, on Sunday evening.


The body of her father Barney O'Connor, 64, was discovered at the same location three days earlier.

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Double tragedy: The railway line in Kidderminster where Colleen O'Connor and her father Barney committed suicide three days apart

Mr O'Connor was from nearby Halesowen, West Midlands. He is believed to have spiralled into depression after his marriage collapsed and his ex-wife re-married.
His daughter is thought to have travelled from her home in Poole, Dorset, to the spot near Husum Way.


A statement from the O'Connor family said: 'We have been devastated by this double tragedy and the family is rallying round to support each other.

'Both Barney and Colleen will be sadly missed by the entire family and we would ask that the media allows us grieve collectively in private at this extremely difficult and emotional time.'


British Transport Police are not treating the deaths as suspicious.

A spokesman said: 'British Transport Police can confirm that two people who died on the railway line in Kidderminster within three days of each other were father and daughter Barney and Colleen O’Connor.


'Mr O’Connor died after being struck by a train near to Husum Way, Kidderminster, at about 6.30pm on Thursday October 29.
'Miss O’Connor, 39, of Poole, Dorset, died at the same location at about 8.30pm on Sunday 1 November.


'Neither death is being treated as suspicious by BTP. Inquests have been opened and adjourned at Redditch Coroners’ Court.'
In a statement issued today by British Transport Police, the family of Barney and Colleen O’Connor, said both would be sadly missed.
The family said: 'We have been devastated by this double tragedy and the family is rallying round to support each other.
'Both Barney and Colleen will be sadly missed by the entire family.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...de-rail-track-days-father-took-life-spot.html
 
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