15-07-2025
Support for students after death on tracks
Emergency services were called to to Waterloo Station just after 3pm yesterday. Photo: RNZ
A Lower Hutt secondary school is supporting students who were at a station when a person died on railway tracks.
Emergency services were called to to Waterloo Station in Lower Hutt just after 3pm yesterday.
St Bernard's College principal Simon Stack told RNZ about half a dozen of his students were on the platform and two saw what happened.
The person who died was not a student from the school, he said, and staff were sent down almost immediately to check on the students.
Staff and the school counsellor were meeting today to ensure they had identified all students that were there, and to get a sense of what support they needed.
The students were okay and not visibly upset, but they might need further support in time, he said.
"As one boy said to me, 'I wish I had not seen that'."
Hutt Valley train services remained disrupted this morning.
Police left the scene late last night and Metlink said delays spilled into this morning due to problems with train repositioning.
"The incident last night limited train repositioning, meaning trains wouldn't be in the correct place to resume normal services this morning."
The Hutt Valley line was running with reduced capacity affecting several stops.
Buses also replaced trains for some Wairarapa line services, or were operating with reduced capacity.
It was unclear when services would return to normal.
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