A MAN who died after being struck by a train near York is reported to have moved only recently to the area to start a new life.

An inquest opened today into the death last Wednesday of the 36-year-old man, who was named as Mark Ramskill, of Ostlers Close, Copmanthorpe.

The hearing was told that Mr Ramskill, who was identified by his fingerprints, died from multiple injuries, and the inquest was adjourned to a later date.

The tragedy happened on the East Coast Main Line near Ploughman’s Close, Copmanthorpe. British Transport Police have said officers are not treating the death as suspicious.

Local residents said today they had been shocked by the incident but had not known Mr Ramskill. One resident said she believed the accident had happened at a pedestrian crossing over the line, which serves a public footpath to Bishopthorpe.

The crossing is controlled by red and green lights, which indicate if it is safe to cross. Yesterday, the lights were observed by The Press to go red more than a minute before a train passed by.

A Cardiff-based newspaper, the South Wales Echo, said Mr Ramskill was believed to have only left Cardiff for northern England in the last fortnight.

He had worked at various web-based organisations in Cardiff and was set to start a new job at a digital company based in Leeds, it said.

Mr Ramskill described himself on social networking site LinkedIn as an ‘experienced online marketing manager’, and on February 24, he wrote on the social networking site Twitter that he had a ‘busy couple of weeks’ ahead.

On a Facebook tribute page set up in his memory, a former colleague, Mark Tregilgas, said of Mr Ramskill: “He never let my head go down and encouraged me to stay positive and focus on the future.

I’ll never forget him.

“I could go on and on and on about what a great man he was but there are simply not enough words. He was so happy and positive, this is why we are all in deep shock at his passing.”