A schoolboy who died when he was hit by a train while desperately trying to save a friend who was threatening to kill himself was today hailed as 'a hero'. Joshua Myers and Jordan Everett, both 16, died instantly when they were struck by an inter-city service near Poynton station in Cheshire on July 3 last year. Today inquests into the teenagers' deaths heard that Joshua had repeatedly told friends he wanted to kill himself, but that they believed he wouldn’t fulfil the threat. She recorded that Jordan's death was an accident, saying he was 'thinking solely about saving his friend'. In her statement, Mrs Myers said Josh was ‘failed by every professional and service that he came into contact with’.

Source: Daily Mail February 24, 2026 23:43 UTC