A person has died after being hit by a train on a busy railway line this morning. All lines are currently closed between Aberdeen and Dundee until around 9am after the incident happened near Montrose.
Emergency services raced to the scene after the alarm was raised at around 5.30am on Monday morning. Network Rail said train services may be cancelled or diverted as a result.
Ambulance crews attended but the person was pronounced dead at the scene. British Transport Police are not treating the deat as suspicious and confirmed a report would be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
