A coroner has been unable to determine whether a young man who lay down on Wairarapa train tracks intended to commit suicide.
Kieran Patrick Gallagher-Power, 25, died on Masterton railways tracks, near Waingawa Bridge, Ngaumutawa Rd, last September 5, of the effects of "multiple injuries" when he ran out on to the tracks and laid down in front of a southbound KiwiRail train.
The report found Mr Gallagher-Power, who suffered from a psychotic disorder, may have been having a psychotic episode due to a lack of medication and could not be sure whether "he was capable of forming the necessary intent to take his life".
Post mortem blood studies showed he was not taking the antipsychotic medication prescribed for him.
"The absence of such medication might have lowered the threshold for impulsive action.