Person dies after being found on tracks at Black Country rail station

The person was found on the tracks near the station and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A person was pronounced dead at the scene after an incident near a Black Country railway station.

Officers from British Transport Police and a crew from West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to Sandwell and Dudley station on Sunday morning after reports of a person on the tracks.

Paramedics treated a person, but they were pronounced dead at the scene.

A spokesman for British Transport Police said: "We were called at around 8.30am on Sunday 1 November to reports of a casualty on the tracks at Sandwell and Dudley railway station.

"Officers responded with paramedics, however sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene.

"The incident is not being treated as suspicious, and a file will be prepared for the coroner."

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We were called by British Transport Police at 8.35am on Sunday, November 1 to Sandwell and Dudley Railway Station in West Bromwich.

“An ambulance, two paramedic officers, a MERIT trauma team and HART paramedics responded.

“Sadly, a person was confirmed deceased on scene.”

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