Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Mother and son killed by train

slough station has reopened and all lines through it are back in service

British Transport Police said the deaths were being treated as suspicious, but no third party was being sought.
They said the possibility of a murder-suicide was "one of the lines of inquiry" officers would be pursuing.
A South Central Ambulance crew pronounced the two dead after being called to the scene at 09:45 BST.
the station was  cordoned off for nearly six hours while police gathered more evidence

During a lunchtime news conference outside Slough station, Ch Insp Jenny Gilmer said: "The incident is currently being treated as suspicious.

"Our detectives have launched a full investigation but they do not believe there was any third party involvement at the station."
'Lines reopened'
Emergency services and forensics officers blocked off two of the four lines in and out of London Paddington at Slough for six hours, causing severe train delays and cancellations.
All lines were later reopened.
A First Great Western spokeswoman said at 18:00 BST that a normal service was now running.


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