A Tadcaster woman had a heart attack at York Station after a day out to the coast, an inquest heard.

Brenda Mary Pettit, 65, of Cherry Tree Walk, Tadcaster, died in York Hospital on August 9 last year.

Mrs Pettit returned to York station after a day out in Scarborough with her sister, with whom she was staying while her flat was decorated.

As they got off the train Mrs Pettit felt unwell and went very pale.

She suffered a heart attack and an ambulance was called, but she could not be resuscitated.

Mrs Pettit had suffered a stroke after a car accident in 1977 when she was involved in a collision with a car while running to catch a bus, leaving her paralysed down her left side.

Deputy coroner Jonathan Leach recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.

Updated: 10:49 Friday, June 27, 2003