Jilted lover walks in front of train driven by girlfriend who left him three weeks ago

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A jilted lover killed himself by standing in front of a train driven by his ex-girlfriend, it emerged last night.</span><br /> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="relatedItems" data-track-module="am-related_items^related_items" data-track-pos="static" data-track-selector="a:not([class*=external])" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <ul style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Gary Wells, 36, was said to be distraught after splitting from Diane MacDonald three weeks ago.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Miss MacDonald, 29, was powerless to prevent a collision after he stepped on to the track in front of the train she was driving on one of Britain’s most scenic rail routes.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mr Wells died instantly as he was hit by the train.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Miss MacDonald, the first woman train driver on the West Highland Line in Scotland, was left so distressed that she required sedation after the tragedy, which happened at Inverlochy, near Fort William, on Tuesday morning.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mr Wells had been in a long-term relationship with Miss MacDonald but friends said their </span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">relationship ended around three weeks ago. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Distraught: Gary Wells, 36, was left 'unable to cope' when long-term girlfriend Diane left him last month" class="blkBorder img-share" data-track-pos="0" height="474" id="i-c20ac6bfdaa5e96b" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/20/1408569347928_Image_galleryImage_Garry_Wells_from_Fort_Wil.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="306" /></span><br /> <div class="mol-img-group floatRHS" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; width: 308px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery" style="background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; bottom: 11px; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; height: 36px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 10px;"> <div class="mobile-gallery-icon" style="background-image: url(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/mobile/icon_camera_90x68.png); background-position: 10px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 27px; box-sizing: content-box; display: table-cell; float: none; height: 20px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 7px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 24px;"> <br /><br /></div> <span style="display: table-cell; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+2<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Distraught: Gary Wells, 36, was left 'unable to cope' when long-term girlfriend Diane left him last month</span></div> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2730292/Jilted-lover-36-walks-train-driven-girlfriend-left-three-weeks-ago.html#ixzz3B1fjga00" style="cursor: pointer; 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padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The friend, who did not wish to be named, said: ‘Gary was a nice guy.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘He and Diane were like peas in a pod. They were together for eight or nine years and split up a few weeks ago. I can’t believe he did this. I heard Diane had to be sedated.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘It’s so sad. He loved spending time with his son Lewis. His weekends were devoted to him.’</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mr Wells is thought to have been working at a local engineering company and had previously worked some evenings and weekends as a pub bouncer.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">His family was too distressed yesterday to talk about what happened. In a statement, Miss MacDonald said last night: ‘The circumstances are extremely upsetting for everyone involved. We would ask the media to please respect our privacy while we come to terms with what </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">British Transport Police confirmed they are investigating the incident. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A spokesman said: ‘We were called to a rail crossing in Inverlochy, Fort William, shortly before 8am on Tuesday, August 19, to a report that a man had been struck by a train. Colleagues from Police Scotland and Scottish Ambulance Service also attended, but a 36-year-old man from the Fort William area was pronounced dead at the scene.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘His death is currently not being treated as suspicious.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘The man’s family have been informed. A report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.’</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Shock: Diane MacDonald, the first woman driver for West Highland Line, was sedated at the scene" class="blkBorder img-share" data-track-pos="1" height="421" id="i-2e39ba861b1c6b6a" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/20/1408569385004_wps_3_Diane_MacDonald_1st_lady_.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span><br /> <div class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery" style="background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; bottom: 11px; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; height: 36px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 10px;"> <div class="mobile-gallery-icon" style="background-image: url(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/mobile/icon_camera_90x68.png); background-position: 10px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 27px; box-sizing: content-box; display: table-cell; float: none; height: 20px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 7px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 24px;"> </div> <span style="display: table-cell; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+2</span></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Shock: Diane MacDonald, the first woman driver for West Highland Line, was sedated at the scene</span></div> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">No one was available for comment last night at MacPherson Welding and Engineering in Fort William, where Mr Wells is understood to have worked.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Miss MacDonald became the first female train driver on the West Highland Line – and the youngest qualified driver working for First ScotRail – in 2009. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She started her railway career when she was 19, working part-time at Fort William station, then became a conductor on the West Highland Line, working out of Mallaig, before applying to become a driver.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At the time, she said: ‘I’m excited and proud to have qualified as a train driver. The training was intense but worth it.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘The West Highland Line is one of the best routes to work because of the amazing scenery.’</span></div> <ul class="mol-bullets-with-font" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></li> </ul> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Daily Mail</span></div>

Jilted lover walks in front of train driven by girlfriend who left him three weeks ago

A jilted lover killed himself by standing in front of a train driven by his ex-girlfriend, it emerged last night. Gary Wells, 36, was ...

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