A MAN who died when he was struck by a train near Accrington has been named by police.

Nigel Summergill, 39, of Exchange Street, Accrington, was struck by a Preston-bound train at Church railway station at 11.20pm on Friday.

Mr Summergill, a former pupil of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, was a senior projects engineer at British Aerospace in Samlesbury.

Police said there were no suspicious circumstances and a report was being prepared for the coroner.

He was reported missing by his partner on Saturday morning after he failed to return home from a night out.

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