A man has been killed after leaning out of a train window and being hit by another train, according to reports.
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The man was on a Gatwick Express train at Wandsworth Common station when the incident happened at about 17:30 BST, BBC reported.
“The death is being treated as non-suspicious and the circumstances, including what caused the head injuries, are still being investigated”.
Early reports that he had been decapitated were not true, British Transport Police (BTP) have said.
The train was approaching Wandsworth Common station towards London Victoria when the victim lowered an unlocked droplight window to look outside.
A spokesman for Gatwick Express, which is run by Southern railway, added: “We send our condolences to his family”.
“We are co-operating fully with British Transport Police and the Rail Accident Investigation Board who are investigating this incident”.
“We sent an ambulance crew, a single responder and a vehicle and an incident response officer to the scene alongside an air ambulance”, a spokeswoman said.
The man, who was reportedly travelling alone, is believed to have then stuck his head out of an unlocked droplight window, usually used by conductors, prompting speculation he may have been looking at something.
Emergency services were called at 5.34pm following reports of a head injury at the station and an air ambulance landed shortly after.
Hours after the incident a police cordon remained in place at the entrance to the station as investigators continued to work at the scene.
His body was wrapped in a blanket and taken from the scene in a private ambulance.
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London Ambulance Service said they were called to the station at 5:34pm. “It’s such a frightful thing to have happened”.
