The Scottish Mail on Sunday

‘Shocking’ death of boy, 14, at rail station

- By Paul Drury

POLICE last night described a 14-year-old’s death in an incident at a train station as a ‘shocking loss of life’.

Emergency services were called to Glasgow’s High Street station yesterday afternoon and the boy was taken by ambulance to the city’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

Police Scotland stated that he had not been struck by a train.

Detective Inspector Iain Nelson of Greater Glasgow Division said: ‘This has been a shocking loss of a young life and a significan­t investigat­ion is under way.

‘Specialist officers are supporting the boy’s family at this incredibly difficult time.

‘Inquiries continue to establish the full circumstan­ces and anyone who can help is urged to get in touch as soon as possible.’

The tragic aftermath of the incident is believed to have been witnessed by a number of passengers on trains passing through the station, which connects Queen Street with stations in Edinburgh, Lanarkshir­e and Glasgow’s East End.

One wrote on Twitter: ‘There was a boy laying on the platform. There was a lot of blood on his trousers.’

Another witness joined the conversati­on to say: ‘From the train, it looked like a body covered in a sheet on the platform. Assume nonacciden­tal, given the 15-plus police on the platform, standing around.’

One passenger suggested the danger may have ‘passed’ because things ‘looked calm’. The person said they were writing that in the hope of reassuring those nearby.

It is understood that once the seriousnes­s of the incident became apparent, the order was given to prevent trains stopping at the station. Last night, the station was closed and being treated as a major crime scene.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: ‘We received a report around 3.45pm on Saturday, October 16, that a teenage boy had been seriously injured inside the station on High Street, Glasgow.

‘The station and the road outside are currently closed.’

 ?? ?? PROBE: Police at High Street station
PROBE: Police at High Street station

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