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| Eurostar services suspended after death on line in Kent | Eurostar services suspended after death on line in Kent |
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| Eurostar services have been suspended after a person was hit by a train on the line in Kent. | Eurostar services have been suspended after a person was hit by a train on the line in Kent. |
| British Transport Police (BTP) and Kent Police were called to the incident at about 11:40 GMT on the line close to Crismill Lane in Bearsted. | British Transport Police (BTP) and Kent Police were called to the incident at about 11:40 GMT on the line close to Crismill Lane in Bearsted. |
| At 16:00 GMT Eurostar said the high speed line was shut in both directions, affecting services between London and Paris and Brussels. | |
| The death on the line at Bearsted was being treated as "non-suspicious". | |
| Departures from London have been cancelled up until the 17:55 GMT departure to Brussels, while services heading to the UK have been cancelled up until the 20:13 GMT departure from Paris. | |
| Passenger Debra Page had been waiting at London St Pancras Station for five hours after her train to Paris - where she lives - was delayed. She told the BBC it was getting "a bit stuffy". | |
| "There have been no other announcements. They just keep telling us the delays are due to an incident," she said. | |
| "Medics from South East Coast Ambulance Service also attended the incident, but the person was pronounced dead at the scene," police said in a statement. | |
| The statement added that officers were trying to establish the identity of the person and how they came to be on the tracks. | |
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