A TEENAGER who died after jumping in front of a train had seemed in a normal happy mood on the morning of his death, an inquest heard.

Adam Smith rarely went out and spent much of his time in his room at home in Atherton on the internet playing online games and posting stories on fanfiction websites, his parents told Bolton Coroners Court.

He had overcome learning difficulties and problems with his speech to complete college courses in the hope of one day starting his own catering business and opening his own cafe.

But on May 24, his parents left the house at 10am to drive his older brother Kyle home and when they returned several hours later they found he was not in his room.

Adam, aged 19, had jumped in front of an oncoming train from a bridge on North Road in Atherton at about 1.45pm.

His father Joseph Smith told the inquest: “The morning we took Kyle home we shouted up to him because he was still in bed and he shouted back that everything was fine.

“He shouted to Kyle that he would speak to him online later on. Everything was fine when we left.”

The police conducted an investigation into Adam’s online activity after it was feared that he may have been a victim of online bullying as he had no history of mental illness.

Sgt Les Peters from the British Transport Police told the court that Adam’s computer and phone had been examined but nothing that would lead to a prosecution was found.

But he said that once comments were deleted from certain sites they would no longer be visible.

He said: “He seems to have been a very sensitive lad and it is possible that what may be brushed off by you or me would bother him a great deal more I think.”

Alan Walsh recorded Adam’s cause of death as multiple injuries and concluded that he had taken his own life.

He said that although there was no proof, he was sure something must have happened to change Adam’s mood so suddenly between his parents leaving the house and his death.

He said: “I do believe that social network sites and those used for communication are dangerous in the extreme.

“They are there for people to enjoy but for more vulnerable people they may be difficult for them.”