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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Paul Britton

Tragedy as person hit by train dies on railway track

British Transport Police are investigating after a person who was hit by a train sadly died on a railway line in Cheshire on Friday night, it's been confirmed.

Emergency services were called to Congleton railway station, on the Stafford to Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line, at 8.22pm. The person was pronounced dead at the scene, BTP has confirmed.

The tragic death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for a coroner ahead of an inquest opening. No sex or age of the person has been revealed by the force.

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