NATICK, MASS. (WHDH) - A man died Monday after being hit by an MBTA commuter rail train in Natick, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. 

The DA said emergency crews responded shortly after 4:30 p.m. to train tracks along East Central Street near the Natick/Wellesley town line. 

On arrival, the DA said, police found a man in his 50s dead on the tracks. 

The DA said the man appeared to have been struck by a commuter rail train traveling outbound from South Station to Framingham.  

Officials announced a series of delays and train cancellations as a result of the incident.

An investigation involving the Massachusetts State Police, MBTA Transit Police and Natick Police was ongoing as of Monday night.

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