A MAN has died on the tracks of a Somerset station.
The fatality occured near Highbridge and Burnham Station around noon.
The man has not yet been indentified.
A British Transport Police (BTP) spokesperson said:
"We were called to the railway line near Highbridge and Burnham station at 11.47am following reports of an injured man on the tracks.
“Officers are in attendance, alongside the local ambulance service but sadly the man has died at the scene.
“We are working to establish the man’s identity and inform his family.
“At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained.”
Train passengers are seeing delays as emergency services attend the scene.
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