Sammi-Jo Edwards, 41, had just started a new job as a pub cleaner when she was furloughed in March

Sammie-Jo Edwards died after she accidentally stumbled against a train

A mum-of-seven who “struggled with lockdown” was killed when she was struck by a train after downing 15 cans of lager, an inquest heard.

Sammi-Jo Edwards, 41, had just started a new job as a pub cleaner when she was furloughed in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Partner Jamie Cullingham said she “spent all of her time at home” after the decision and “struggled with lockdown” – with her drinking increasing dramatically.

He said: “She was drinking 14 to 15 cans of lager most days.

“Some days she would drink even more than that. Some days she would have nothing at all.”

A hearing was told Sammi-Jo started drinking first thing in the morning on the day of her death in June.

When one of her daughter’s rang her she said she was on a railway bridge – prompting her family to rush to the scene near Wellington, Somerset.

But the inquest heard Sammi-Jo had already been struck and killed by a train by the time they arrived.

A post-mortem ruled that the former carer died from multiple traumatic injuries and a toxicology report showed she was more than three times the legal drink drive limit.

Mr Cullingham said she had left no note or text messages and he did not believe she had deliberately ended her own life even though she was “not in a good place”.

Coroner Tony Williams agreed and ruled out suicide, recording a narrative conclusion at the hearing at Somerset Coroner’s Court yesterday.