POLICE officers rushed to the railway line between Warrington Bank Quay and Earlestown yesterday evening, Sunday.
This came following reports of an emergency incident involving a potential casualty on the tracks.
Thankfully, British Transport Police has confirmed that the incident was a ‘near miss’ rather than a fatality.
No further details have been released by the force, however the incident saw a number of trains cancelled or delayed.
A spokesman for BTP said: “We were called to the line near Earlestown railway station shortly after 5.30pm yesterday, Sunday, July 21.
“We attended following reports of a possible casualty on the tracks.
“Officers conducted a full area search and thankfully confirmed this to be a near miss.”
It is believed that a person was found nearby and was handed by firefighters into the care of North West Ambulance Service paramedics to be checked over.
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