Train passengers escape after lorry hits rail bridge

Nearly 90 train passengers have had a lucky escape after the mechanical grab section of a builders’ lorry broke off and landed on the track after the vehicle hit a rail bridge in England.

A train operated by the Southern company stopped short of the grab which then became welded to the track.

London Fire Brigade posted pictures on Twitter showing firefighters using cradles to transfer passengers from the train to another train alongside.

The incident happened at Dulwich in south London. The transferred passengers, who were taken to Tulse Hill station, had been on a West Croydon to London Bridge service.

London Fire Brigade tweeted: “89 passengers have safely been transferred onto another train after lorry crashes into railway bridge in Dulwich.”

There were delays of up to 50 minutes on services between London Bridge and Tulse Hill following the lunchtime incident.