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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. | 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 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 incident involved the 1915 London Paddington service, which had been travelling at 85mph (136km/h). |
| Police said the girl's death appeared to be a "tragic accident" 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. |
| 'Working safely' | |
| Temporary Detective Inspector Mark Cleland added: "The death is not being treated as suspicious and appears to have been a tragic accident." | |
| The parents of the girl, who came from the Bridgend area, were due to formally identify her body later. | |
| A Network Rail spokesman said: "The train was going at full line speed. There was nothing the driver could do. | |
| "The level crossing barriers had come down so they were working safely and the driver could not stop." | |
| The spokesman line was closed until just before midnight to allow an examination of the scene to be carried out. | |
| One service was cancelled and another service was terminated early. |