Pedestrian killed on rail line

A train was travelling from Holyhead to London

British Transport Police have launched an investigation after a 17-year-old died when he was hit by a train on the island of Anglesey in north Wales.

The boy was named as Kieran Allsopp, of Valley in Anglesey.

British Transport Police confirmed that a collision between a pedestrian and the 1350 Holyhead to Euston service on Sunday had proved fatal.

The incident happened on a stretch of track between Caergeiliog and Valley.

The line was closed to services for a number of hours but has now reopened.

Driver

A post mortem examination has been carried out into the death an an inquest has been opened and adjourned by North West Wales Coroner Dewi Pritchard-Jones.

It was initially thought that the victim of the collision was a child.

A Network Rail (formerly Railtrack) spokesman said the driver reported hitting what at the time was described as a young person, half a mile from the Valley signal box.

But police confirmed the victim was a male over the age of 16.

They said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.

A spokesman said the man was struck and killed as the train passed points near the A55 south of Valley.

There was no railway crossing near where the youth was struck, according to a spokesman.