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Magdalene Dalziel

Person dies after being struck by train at Scots station

A person has sadly died after being struck by a train in Fife yesterday.

Emergency services were on the scene at around 6.10pm on Friday, May 15 after receiving reports of a "casualty on the tracks" in Kirkaldy.

British Transport Police confirmed they were in attendance, along with an ambulance crew.

But the person was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.

A BTP spokesperson said: "Officers were called to the line in Kirkcaldy shortly after 6.10pm last night following reports of a casualty on the tracks.

"Paramedics also attended however sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene.

"The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the Procurator Fiscal."

Scotrail services in Edinburgh, Dundee and Perth were affected.

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