The young boy was a student at Devon’s Ivybridge Community College, which sits around 100m from the rail line, as police said the incident was not being treated as suspicious
A “much-loved” pupil died after being hit by a train, as the student’s school is left in shock.
Officers from the British Transport Police rushed to the line near Ivybridge station, Devon, at 9.02am yesterday following reports of a casualty on the tracks.
Paramedics also attended the incident but the person involved was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
The young boy was a student at the Ivybridge Community College, which sits around 100m from the rail line, PlymouthLive reports.