Woman trying to get handbag is killed by train

A WOMAN in her 30s died when she climbed on to a railway track to retrieve her handbag and was hit by a train.

The un-named woman was killed instantly as horrified commuters looked on at Bellingham Station in Lewisham, South East London.

She was hit by a Connex train travelling from Kent to Blackfriars, London.

A spokesman for the British Transport Police said the victim's family had been informed

He added: "It seems as if she went to retrieve her belongings but didn't make it out in time.

"There were a number of witnesses and the transport police will be speaking to them when they are less traumatised."

A MAN in his 30s died when he was hit by a train at Kensington Olympia station in London yesterday, and a woman aged 56 was killed when she was struck by a train at Horley station in Surrey.

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