Two people die after being hit by freight train in Sydney's north

Two people have died after they were hit by a freight train at Berowra Railway Station in Sydney's north

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00:00 Police say a man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s were here at Barara train station

00:07 around midnight last night on the platform.

00:10 Now we understand the pair got into an argument on the platform before the man, we've been

00:16 told, threw something belonging to the woman onto the tracks.

00:19 She then jumped down to retrieve that item.

00:22 The man then reportedly saw the train coming so he jumped down onto the tracks to try and

00:28 save her in time but sadly they were both hit by the train and they died at the scene.

00:34 Ambulance crews were called and they did rush here but sadly the man and woman couldn't

00:38 be saved.

00:39 Now police do have CCTV of exactly what happened here last night.

00:43 There are cameras on the platform so they do say this is just a tragic accident and

00:48 they are now preparing a report for the coroner.

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