The man who died after being hit by a train near Shoreham station last week has been named.

Samuel Howland, 33, from Shoreham, died after being hit by a train near the level crossings, close to McDonalds in Eastern Avenue, on the morning of Thursday September 11.

A spokesman from British Transport Police said: β€œI can confirm that the man who died after being struck by a train at a level crossing on Eastern Avenue, Shoreham on Thursday, 11 September, was Samuel Howland, 33, from Shoreham-by-Sea.

β€œAn inquest into his death opened and adjourned on Friday, 12 September.”