Two people who died after being hit by a train at a west London station during the evening rush hour were a 36-year-old woman and her 16-year-old daughter, police have said.
They said the deaths at Ealing Broadway station at about 6.10pm on Tuesday night were not being treated as suspicious. The two victims have yet to be named, and police are assisting the coroner.
Eyewitnesses described the incident as “horrible” and said people on the platform were screaming following the collision. Taz Phalora, 22, from Ealing, told the Daily Mirror: “I was waiting for my train and there was probably about 50 or 60 people on the platform. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw someone pretty close to the track for the high-speed line behind me.
“Seconds after I turned back around, I heard a massive thump and then people started screaming and saying someone had jumped.
“I left just as the fire engines were turning up but I just wanted to get home, it was a horrible experience.” Other reports suggest that station staff had to ask people not to take pictures following the incident.
The incident led to major disruption, with Heathrow Express services suspended all evening and First Great Western trains affected.
Supt Chris Horton, from British Transport Police, said: “Shortly before 6.10pm on Tuesday 23 June, we were called to Ealing Broadway station following reports of a person struck by a train.
“Officers attended, alongside colleagues from the Metropolitan police service and London ambulance service and discovered two people had been struck and killed by a train.
“Since the incident, officers have been working to determine the identities of the deceased and the details of the moments leading up to their deaths.
“As a result of those inquiries, we are now able to confirm that the deceased have been identified as a 36-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl, who were mother and daughter.
“We can also confirm that we are not treating the deaths as suspicious and we will assist in the compilation of a report for the coroner.
“Our thoughts are now with the family and we have specialist officers with them providing support and guidance at what is clearly a difficult and traumatic time.
“The family are struggling to come to terms with what has happened and ask that they be allowed to grieve privately and, in line with those wishes, we are not in a position to release any names at this stage.”
