Beachy Head tragedy
POLICE have launched an investigation after the bodies of a five-year-old boy and his mother were found at Beachy Head.
The discovery was made at the cliffs near Eastbourne, East Sussex, by the Coastguard and police at 7am yesterday. A Sussex Police spokesman said the bodies are those of a 42-year-old woman and her five-year-old son from Maidstone, Kent. He said: “The deaths are not being treated as suspicious.” SPRAY cans have been found near where three men died after being struck by a train.
The incident occurred on tracks near Loughborough Junction station, south London, which is an area popular with graffiti artists.
British Transport Police (BTP) were called to the scene at 7.30am yesterday and rail industry sources told reporters the paint was found nearby and the three people may have been killed overnight, when freight trains operate. Officers were seen taking photographs of graffiti as part of their inquiries.
The men are believed to have been in their 20s.
Officers have informed the family of one man and are working to identify the next of kin of the other two.
Superintendent Matthew Allingham told reporters at the scene that their injuries were “consistent with being hit by a train”.
Rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road has opened a preliminary investigation.