A TEENAGE boy who "enjoyed life and had time for everyone" died after falling onto a live railway line, an inquest has heard.

Callum Rhys Evans, 17, from Totton, was studying at Peter Symonds College in Winchester and had plans to go to university to study geography.

On September 15, last year, Callum and three of his friends decided to get the train to Bournemouth to go to the beach.

An inquest at Winchester Coroners Court heard how the group of teenagers got a train to Bournemouth, bought some alcohol, and spent time at the beach.

After getting a takeaway later that day, the group realised they would not catch their intended train, and instead, a parent of one of the teenagers agreed to pick them up.

Callum and two of the friends were dropped off at Hinton Admiral train station and then climbed down off the station, onto the tracks and started "walking to the other side".

After a while, the group climbed back onto the platform, but Callum then climbed back down.

One of the friends, Miss Hargreaves, then said she saw Callum trip, and fall down, landing on the tracks.

She said Callum wasn't moving and called for police who recovered Callum from the tracks.

A post mortem later found that Callum had suffered thermal injuries and third degree burns as a result of being electrocuted when he fell.

It was also said that Callum was 2.7 times the drink drive limit at the time of the incident.

At the inquest, Callum's father, Neil Evans, described Callum as "popular" and added: "He had lots of friends. He really enjoyed life. He was really friendly. He had time for everyone."

Mr Evans said Callum "loved his travel" and "went to many different countries in his young life".

Area coroner, Jason Pegg said that Callum had died on September 15 at Hinton Admiral Station when he fell onto a live wire and was electrocuted.

He concluded that Callum's death was as a result of an accidental fall, but added that Callum was intoxicated with alcohol at the time.

The coroner said he also plans to prepare a future deaths report which he will send to Network Rail, the company responsible for signage at the station, to indicate his concern at a lack of signage at the station.