Milena Gagic died at the scene (Picture: Cavendish Press)

A 16-year-old girl tipped for Oxbridge was accidentally killed by a passenger train after she sat down on railway tracks to talk to her best friend.

Milena Gagic was laughing and giggling with Amelia Hustwick just after midnight on December 13 when the last Manchester Victoria to Leeds Northern Rail train suddenly hit her at around 55mph.

The straight A student, who was expected to go to Oxford of Cambridge University, suffered fatal injuries in the impact in Halifax and died at the scene.

A public crossing near Hipperholme tunnel at Halifax, where she was killed (Picture: Cavendish Press)

The friends had decided to sit down for a chat as it was late and they believed the last train had gone, the Halifax inquest heard.




Amelia, also 16, managed to jump out of the way in time to avoid the train and escaped uninjured.

‘She was a very sensible, diligent caring individual who would never with any intent put herself at risk,’ Milena’s mother Leanne, a director for Leeds City Council, told the inquest.

Milena was expected to go to either Oxford or Cambridge universities (Picture: Cavendish Press)

Milena was sitting with her friend on the tracks (Picture: Cavendish Press)

A post-mortem report confirmed Milena died from massive head injuries and a toxicology report showed no traces of alcohol and drug misuse.

The coroner also issued a warning about the dangers of loitering on railway lines as he recorded a verdict of accidental death.