Tragedy as man dies on train tracks at Outwood railway station in Wakefield

Emergency services were called at around 6.30pm last night (Wednesday, April 1) to reports of a casualty on the tracks at Outwood railway station.

“Officers responded with paramedics but sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene,” a spokesperson for British Transport Police confirmed.

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

All disruption to services as a result of the incident has now ended.