Woman dies on railway tracks in Burley-in-Wharfedale

    British Transport Police have released a statement following a fatality on railway tracks on the Ilkley-Menston line.

    Officers were called to Burley-in-Wharfedale station on Sunday morning (10 March) to reports of a casualty on the tracks.

    A woman in her 60s was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident is not being treated as suspicious.

    The statement said: "Officers were called to Burley-in-Wharfedale station at 9.56am following reports of casualty on the tracks.

    "Paramedics also attended, but sadly a woman aged in her 60s was pronounced dead at the scene.

    "The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner."

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