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| Girl is killed on level crossing | Girl is killed on level crossing |
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| A girl has been killed in an incident on a level crossing on a railway line in south Wales. | |
| The driver of a Swansea-bound train reported hitting the girl, believed to be in her mid-teens, at Pencoed in Bridgend county at 2150 BST on Friday. | |
| The incident involved the 1915 London Paddington service, which had been travelling at 85mph (136km/h). | |
| The girl's death is being treated as unexplained and an investigation is under way. | The girl's death is being treated as unexplained and an investigation is under way. |
| British Transport Police said the train driver saw someone on the crossing, sounded his horn and applied the emergency brakes but was unable to stop. | British Transport Police said the train driver saw someone on the crossing, sounded his horn and applied the emergency brakes but was unable to stop. |
| The train, with some 50 passengers on board, came to a halt just past Pencoed station. | The train, with some 50 passengers on board, came to a halt just past Pencoed station. |