A TRAIN driver discovered the body of a man hanging from a railway bridge in Wirral.
Emergency services were called to a footbridge over the railway line near Bebington and New Ferry stations shortly after 10.30pm last night after the alarm was raised bythe driver.
The scene was cordoned off to allow an investigation to begin and Longfellow Drive was closed for a short period.
The body has since been identified as that of a 30-year-old man from Birkenhead and officers have informed his next of kin.
Until a post mortem examination has been carried out, detectives are treating the death as unexplained.
However, there are not to believed to be any suspicious circumstances at this stage.
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