A person has been found dead on railway tracks in a second rail related incident near Oxford today.

British Transport Police officers and paramedics were called to the line in Kidlington at 12.07pm to reports of a casualty on the tracks.

A person was pronounced dead at the scene.

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The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.

The transport police said the death was not related to a similar incident earlier in the day less than three miles away at the Sandy Lane crossing in Yarnton.

A passenger train collided with a car with police called to the scene at around 7.48am.

No serious injuries were sustained in this previous incident with two people taken to hospital to be checked over.