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Boy killed by train near Lincoln
Police
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has been killed by a train near to a foot crossing just outside Lincoln.
British Transport Police (BTP) were called to the scene near a foot crossing on Doddington Road, Lincoln, to reports that a person had been struck by a train.
It happened at 8.51am this morning, Thursday 6th December.
A 14-year-old boy from Lincoln was pronounced dead at the scene. He had been hit by the 7.42am Sleaford to Leicester service.
The incident is not being treated as suspicious.
A BTP spokesman said the boy’s family had been informed, but he has not yet been formally identified.
The incident comes after a tragic few days on the railways.
On Tuesday, four-year-old Emma Lifsey, from Haxey in North Lincolnshire, died after the car she was in was hit by a train on a level crossing at Finningley near Doncaster.
On the same day a rail worker was killed after being struck by a train near Saxilby. He has been named locally as 26-year-old Scott Dobson from Doncaster.
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