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| One dead in light aircraft crash | One dead in light aircraft crash |
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| At least one person died when a light aircraft crashed near the West Coast Main Line in Staffordshire. | At least one person died when a light aircraft crashed near the West Coast Main Line in Staffordshire. |
| British Transport Police said the incident happened in Little Haywood, near Stafford, just before 1200 GMT. | British Transport Police said the incident happened in Little Haywood, near Stafford, just before 1200 GMT. |
| The fire service said the plane crashed into power lines and landed between two branches of the track in a field near Meadow Lane. | |
| The crash has caused disruption on the major route between London Euston and Manchester Piccadilly. | |
| Virgin Trains said services between London, Manchester, Glasgow and Liverpool were being diverted. | |
| We ran into the garden and just saw something just dropped from the sky Janet Hemmings, eyewitness | |
| It advised passengers not to travel on the route and use alternative lines instead. | |
| A replacement bus service has been set up between Stafford and Rugby and between Stafford and Crewe, Network Rail said. | |
| Janet Hemmings, from Crewe, who was visiting her sister nearby at the time, witnessed the crash. | |
| She said: "We just heard a terrible noise, it was just too low to believe it sounded normal. | |
| "Then my husband started shouting, 'I can see it it coming down' and we ran into the garden and just saw something just dropped from the sky. | |
| "There was just a big plume of black smoke and you could see the power cables to the railway line had actually snapped where it had obviously landed on the power cables." | |
| A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "On arrival crews found the wreckage of a plane between two railway tracks - it had struck the power lines for the railway. | |
| "Sadly there was nothing that could be done and and no-one has been taken to hospital. | |
| "It is not known how many people were in the single-engined aircraft." | |
| Network Rail said there was debris by the side of the track at the crash scene, which is east of Stafford close to Colwich Junction. | |
| Three passenger trains and two freight trains were stranded when overhead power was switched off between Stafford and Rugeley. | Three passenger trains and two freight trains were stranded when overhead power was switched off between Stafford and Rugeley. |
| They were being supplied with diesel and were expected to resume their journeys shortly, a spokesman said. | |
| The ambulance service the county air ambulance and several land ambulances had been sent to the scene. | |
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