Woman, 70, killed by train at Northwick Park station

A WOMEN aged 70 from Hayes died after being hit by a train at Northwick Park station yesterday evening.

She was struck by a southbound Metropolitan service train pulling into the station at 6.25pm although the British Transport Police say it was not suspicious.

An employee at Playgolf Northwick Park, in Watford Road, Harrow, said: "A customer said her friend was standing next to this lady.She turned round and when she turned back, the lady wasn't there but her bags were.

"Another customer said the woman jumped as the train pulled in."

A spokeswoman for London Ambulance Service said: "At 6.25pm last night to reports of a person under a train at Northwick Park train station.

"We sent one responder, two ambulance crews, an officer and the air ambulance.

"Sadly, a woman was dead at the scene."

The Metropolitan line was suspended between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Aldgate with, one eyewitness reported, passengers having to walk along the tracks back to Harrow-on-the-Hill from a train stuck halfway between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Northwick Park.

The line reopened at just after 7pm.