Tragedy: a person has died at a Wigan railway station
An investigation has been launched after a tragic fatality on the railway line through Wigan.
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Emergency services were called to Pemberton station, Billinge Road, on the afternoon of Friday March 15.
A spokesperson for British Transport Police said officers were called out at around 2.15pm to reports of a casualty on the tracks.
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However the casualty was, sadly, pronounced dead at the scene.
The BTP says it is not treating the death as suspicious.