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Colm Moore
25-05-2008, 08:57
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0524/athlone.htmlInquiry under way into Athlone rail death
Saturday, 24 May 2008 10:44

GardaĆ* in Co Westmeath are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of man on a railway line near Athlone.

It is understood the man, who was in his 50s, died after he was struck by a train travelling from Galway to Dublin yesterday evening.

His body has been removed to hospital for a post mortem examination.