Commuters have told of their horror after a woman and child were killed by a train during rush hour at a busy west London station.
The pair fell from a busy platform at Ealing Broadway station just after 6pm today as helpless passengers looked on.
Sources confirmed the victims were a woman and a child.
Taz Phalora, 22, described how the train - believed to be a First Great Western Cardiff to Paddington service - had carried on some distance beyond the platform after the impact.
"I just saw someone on the edge of the tracks out of the corner of my eye," he told the Standard. "I thought nothing of it because I haven't seen anything like this before.
"[The person] had a black carrier bag, like you get in a newsagent's.
"Two seconds later I heard a massive thump and there was a train going past. There was smoke from the tracks.
"There was a lot of screaming and lots of people looking over the edge."
Another passenger, who asked not to be named, told the Standard: "I'd just got off the Central line. As I looked over to see how many people were standing [opposite] I saw the train going round the other side of the platform and I heard the horn.
Blue lights: Ealing Broadway after the tragedy (Picture: Lotti Strongman)"I saw everyone reacting and I just knew. People were just shocked. I could see everyone's faces, and I knew straightaway.
"TfL came downstairs and started evacuating [the platform]."
British Transport Police said: "Officers are working to determine the identity of the deceased and to establish how they came to be on the tracks. Clearly the investigation is in a very early stage and, at present, the incident is being treated as unexplained."
Anyone with information about the deaths is asked to call 0800 40 50 40, quoting incident 471 of June 23.
London Ambulance Service said staff including its hazardous area response team had been sent to the station but that two people had been pronounced dead at the scene.
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