iStockA person has died after being struck by a train in East Lothian.
Emergency services were called to Longniddry train station after the alarm was raised at around 12.30pm on Monday.
The British Transport Police said the person was pronounced dead at the scene.
ScotRail was forced to cancel all services that passed through the station on Monday. Services are now fully operational.
A British Transport Police spokesperson said: “Officers were called to the line near Longniddry railway station just before 12.30pm on October 30, following reports of a casualty on the tracks.
“Sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene.
“The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file has been prepared for the procurator fiscal.”
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