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Body of teenager found on railway track

Down - Investigation into boy's death
Down - Investigation into boy's death

Police in Co Antrim are treating as suspicious the death of a teenage boy whose body was found on railway tracks near Coleraine.

15-year-old Ryan Quinn died on the line between Portrush and Portstewart.

The incident was reported at about 11pm last night.

It is understood he may have been struck by a train.

Police are investigating how he came to be on the line, amid reports that he was being chased by a group of other youths shortly before his death.