A group of friends spraying graffiti in a tunnel at Lewisham station could only watch as their mate was hit and killed by a train last night.

A CityRail employee called police about 9.30pm yesterday to report the train had hit something.

A graffiti tag close to the tunnel at Lewisham appeared to show the word "Ontre" sprayed in black paint. Credit:Nick Moir

Officers found the body of an 18-year-old man in the tunnel beneath the West Street overpass, which is covered in colourful spray-painted murals and tags.

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