THE man who died after being hit by a train in Winchester has been identified.

An inquest has been opened into the death of 35-year-old Robert Louis Flack.

The St Matthews Road resident was pronounced dead at the city train station on May 6.

A post mortem report states the preliminary cause of death as multiple injuries, to be investigated; with a collision with a train contributing.

On the day, a spokesperson for British Transport Police said: "Just after 8pm we received a call that a person had been struck by a train at Winchester railway station as a result of that emergency services attended and a person was unfortunately pronounced deceased at the station."

 

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