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Independent Staff

Breaking: Rail passenger killed after sticking their head out of a train window

A man has been killed after leaning out of a train window and being hit by another train, according to reports.

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."

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.

A spokesman for British Transport Police said the incident was not being treated as suspicious, and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

Southern Rail, which runs Gatwick Express, said over Twitter that rail services between Victoria and Balham were delayed. 

The Tweet said: "Emergency services dealing with an incident between Balham & Wandsworth Common."

Additional reporting by Press Association

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