A man has been reported killed after sticking his head out of a train window and being hit by another train.
The passenger who was travelling on a Gatwick Express train was pronounced dead at Wandsworth Common station, south west London on Sunday evening.
London Ambulance Service said they were called to the station at 5:34pm.
“We sent an ambulance crew, a single responder and a car and an incident response officer to the scene alongside an air ambulance,” a spokeswoman said.
“We treated a person at the scene for a head injury but sadly they were pronounced dead by the doctor from the air ambulance.”
Police have said the man was in his 20s and are still working to confirm his identity.
Initial reports suggested the man had been decapitated, however Inspector James Tyrrell, from British Transport Police, said: “This is not the case.
“We are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the incident, which has been reported to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), and I’d urge anyone who saw what happened to contact us.”
A spokesman for Gatwick Express said it first received reports about the incident on board one of its trains which was en route to Victoria from Gatwick at 5.45pm.
He said: “The emergency services are in attendance at Wandsworth Common station. We have no further information at this stage.
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