A man has died after being struck by a train near Linlithgow earlier this afternoon.
Emergency service attended the scene just after noon and police officers are working to identify the victim and notify their next of kin.
The incident is not being treated as suspicious.
A spokesperson for British Transport Police said: “We were called to Linlithgow in West Lothian at 12.08pm today to reports that a person had been struck by a train.
” Officers attended along with the ambulance service but sadly the person had died.
“We are now working to identify them and inform their next of kin.
” The incident is not being treated as suspicious at this time. “
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
