It happened this afternoon (Twitter/Lucie Walker)

A passenger has reportedly been decapitated after he stuck his head out of a moving train.

The man, aged in his twenties, was travelling on the Gatwick Express this afternoon and died instantly during the incident at Wandsworth Common station just after 5.30pm.

Another train coming in the opposite direction is believed to have struck him.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called to reports of a man hit by a train with severe head injuries.


‘Sadly he was pronounced dead at the scene by doctors.’

The train had been on its way to Victoria station in London.

Got off the train @ Wandsworth common and there was chaos! Apparently a man was decapitated by train. Horrific & sad pic.twitter.com/tjhFUzKCWR — Lucie Walker (@Lucie_Walker) August 7, 2016

No one go 2 Wandsworth common somewun was beheaded by a train ❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌ — TildaRogerson13 (@TildaRogerson) August 7, 2016

A British Transport Police spokesman said: ‘We were called to Wandsworth Common railway station on Sunday at 5.32pm.



‘A man was pronounced dead at the scene.

‘The incident is being treated as non-suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.’

Reports on social media suggested the man had been ‘beheaded’ in the accident, however emergency services did not confirm exactly how the man died.

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