
Pictured: Boy, 16, killed on railway tracks alongside another teenager in double tragedy
Joshua Myers and another boy, both 16, were found dead near Poynton Station, near Stockport on July 3 in a devastating double tragedy.
Joshua, from Handforth, had recently been the subject of missing person appeals.
Cheshire Police had issued an appeal to help trace him after he went missing in May and was believed to have made his way to Devon and Cornwall 200 miles away.
The teen was found but went missing again for a day in June.
Today floral tributes and flowers for both boys were left at the station.
Cheshire Constabulary responded to the tragedy on Thursday evening but a full investigation is being carried out by British Transport Police.
The tragedy isn't being treated as suspicious, a BTP spokesperson said.
Emergency Services were called to the scene at about 10.10pm on Thursday after 999 calls reporting a 'casualty' according to police.
BTP confirmed that the families of both boys have been informed.
A file of evidence is now being prepared for a coroner ahead of inquests opening.
Both boys were sadly pronounced dead at the scene. Officers were pictured at the scene of the tragedy together with Network Rail officials.
A passenger who got off a train at the station in Poyton on Friday told Manchester Evening News the double tragedy was 'devastating'.
She said: 'It's just devastating. I have teenage children myself, including a 16-year-old boy. It brings it so close to home.'
No further details surrounding the circumstances of what police suspect happened have been revealed.
A BTP spokesperson said: 'Officers were called at around 10.10pm (on July 3rd) to reports of a casualty on the tracks near Poynton railway station.
'Officers attended with paramedics. Very sadly and despite the best efforts of paramedics two 16-year-old boys were both pronounced dead at the scene.'
Railway lines were closed while emergency services worked at the scene.
Work continued throughout the early hours of July 4, with rail services resuming by 6.15am.
A spokesperson for the force said shortly after the incident: 'Officers were called at around 10.10pm last night (3 July) to reports of a casualty on the tracks near Poynton railway station.
'Officers attended with paramedics. Very sadly and despite the best efforts of paramedics two people were both pronounced dead at the scene.
'The incident is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.'
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