A man was hit and killed by a train in Lower Hutt last night.
Emergency services were called to the Hutt River Rail Bridge about 8pm, after an unidentified man was struck on the southbound commuter train side of the tracks, police said.
The man suffered "multiple extreme injuries to his body", and died at the scene.
Police are investigating the incident and the man's death has been referred to the Coroner.
The man is described as Maori or Polynesian, aged mid-to-late thirties, about 175cm-tall, and of solid build. He was unshaven, with dread-lock hair, and was wearing dark track pants and a black t-shirt.
