Tributes paid to boy who died near railway station

Joshua Dyer, 17, died on Friday 18 August 2022

The family of a 17-year-old who died near Llanelli train station have said they are mourning their “wonderful and considerate” boy.

Police were called to the railway line in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, at about 17:00 BST on Friday after reports of a casualty on the tracks.

Officers from British Transport Police attended the incident, alongside paramedics, but Joshua Dyer, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene.

His death is not being treated as suspicious.

His mum, grandmother and cousins said in a statement that Joshua was “a wonderful and considerate son, grandson and nephew” who was “deeply loved and missed”.

“Fly high Joshua, our beautiful boy,” they said.

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