12:25pm Wednesday 9th July 2008
By Robert Fisk
A 58-YEAR-OLD man has died after being hit by a train at Swanscombe railway station.
Police say the Swanscombe man jumped onto the tracks and he was declared dead at the scene at around 8.25pm last night (July 8).
The 7.21pm service between Charing Cross and Gillingham was travelling at around 60mph when the incident happened.
His next of kin have been informed and the incident is not being treated as suspicious.
The railway line was re-opened at 9.30pm.
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