British Transport Police have accounted for 83 people involved in the Yorkshire train crash that so far has claimed over a dozen lives.

Police fear up to 150 people may have been injured in this morning's rail accident near Selby in Yorkshire.

Shares in Railtrack have fallen back as news swept through the London markets of an early morning collision between an Intercity passenger train and a freight train near Selby in North Yorkshire.

Following this morning's rail accident at Selby, a statement on the GNER website reads -

Police have determined the sequence of events at Great Heck, near the Yorkshire town of Selby, that has so far resulted in 13 deaths and 56 injuries.

The death toll in the Selby rail crash has risen to 13, with a further 50 people injured - 30 of them seriously - following this morning's collision involving two trains and a Land Rover at Great Heck, near the Yorkshire town of Selby.

The death toll in the Selby rail crash has risen to 13, with a further 30 people seriously injured.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue officials now say 13 people have been killed in the Selby rail crash.