A cement mixer has plummeted from a railway bridge onto a train at Oxshott station tonight. For news see below.

 

19.28: Uninjured passengers from Oxshott train crash make way home

19.05: Eye-witness account of the moment the cement mixer plunged on to the railway line

17.35: Driver of cement mixer "seriously injured"

17.16: "I use that bridge twice a day. It's narrow, the walls on either side are low. Inevitable!" - @VicFarrell on Twitter

Surrey Comet: Google map image for Oxshott train lorry collision

17.05: Click here for details of traffic around the Oxshott incident

4.30pm: A cement mixer has careered off a railway bridge and hit a passing train.

The incident happened at 3.33pm on Station Approach, Oxshott, earlier this afternoon.

Initial reports are of no fatalities but lots of injured people being treated at the scene.

Click here for the National Rail map of the affected lines

A British Transport Police (BTP) spokesman said: "Police were called to the line near to Oxshott rail station on Friday, November 5, after a report that a lorry had come off of a road bridge and landed on carriages of a passing passenger service.

"The incident was reported to police at 3.33pm.

"Officers are currently on scene, along with paramedics from the South East Coast Ambulance Service and the Surrey Fire Service.

"The train involved was a Guildford to London Waterloo service."

In a statement, Network Rail said there were no reports of fatalities so far.

It said: "At around 1530 at Oxshott in Surrey, the 1505 Guildford to London Waterloo service operated by South West Trains, was halted when a cement mixer lorry came off an overbridge (Warren Lane).

"The vehicle landed on some of the train's coaches of an eight-coach unit.

"So far, there are no reports of fatalities though it is believed there are several people injured.

"Network Rail personnel are on site and will be working with all emergency services.

Did you see the incident? Call David Lindsell on 020 8744 4244.