Friday, 14 October 2016

Woman rushed to hospital after being hit by train

Staff reporter(wp/es):
A woman has been rushed to hospital after she was hit by a train at a station on a major line into Heathrow Airport.
Police and ambulance crews were called to West Ealing station at 11.30am after reports of the incident.
The Air Ambulance also landed nearby as paramedics raced to the station.
A spokesman for the London Ambulance Service said: “We treated a woman at the scene for multiple injuries and took her as a priority to a major trauma centre in west London."
British Transport Police say the incident is not being treated as suspicious.
George Eason tweeted: "West Ealing station surrounded by tens of fire, ambulance and police, anyone know what's going on?"

Heathrow Express services were unable to travel in either direction following the incident.
It also left Great Western Railway trains unable to call at Paddington for almost one hour.
Although services are on the move again, trains were still unable to call at West Ealing by 12.30pm.