iStockA person has been pronounced dead after being struck by a train.
Emergency services were called to the line in Dingwall at around 5.30am on Tuesday following reports of a casualty on the tracks.
Paramedics pronounced the person dead at the scene. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
A report is due to be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
Services between Inverness and Wick/Kyle of Lochalsh are subject to delay, cancellation or revision due to the incident.
Ticket acceptance is in place with Stagecoach from Inverness to Wick.
A British Transport Police spokesperson said: “We were called to an area of the line in Dingwall at around 5.30am this morning (September 4) following reports of a casualty on the tracks.
“Officers attended, along with paramedics, but 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 Procurator Fiscal.”
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