A MAN who was hit by a train at Walthamstow Central station yesterday is fighting for his life.

Witnesses reported seeing the man step off the platform on to the rails and he was struck by an approaching train at about 2.50pm.

He was rushed to the Royal London Hospital, in Whitechapel, where he remains in a critical but stable condition.

The incident is not being treated as suspicious.

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