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FATALITY ON RAILWAY LINE

Monday 11th July 2011 – 6.15pm – Murray MacGregor

A man has died after being in collision with a train in Birmingham.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the railway line near to University Railway Station in Edgbaston at around 4.50pm Monday.

An ambulance, a senior paramedic officer and the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team attended the scene which was close to the junction of Ssomerset Road and Edgbaston Park Road.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find that the man had suffered very serious multiple injuries.  Sadly, it was immediately apparent that nothing could be done to save him and he was confirmed dead at the scene.

“The driver of the train was extremely shaken and was assessed by ambulance staff but did not require hospital treatment.

“A woman passenger was evacuated from the train at the scene due to an existing medical condition.  The other passengers were taken to a nearby station on the train.”

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