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| Slough station deaths: Mother and son killed by train named | Slough station deaths: Mother and son killed by train named |
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| A mother and her 10-year-old son who were killed when they were hit by a train in Slough, Berkshire, have been named. | A mother and her 10-year-old son who were killed when they were hit by a train in Slough, Berkshire, have been named. |
| British Transport Police said they "strongly believe" them to be Rubina Khan, 46, and her son Amaar Khan, 10. | British Transport Police said they "strongly believe" them to be Rubina Khan, 46, and her son Amaar Khan, 10. |
| However the force has yet to formally identify the pair. | |
| It added that it was providing support to family members. A spokesman said: "We ask that they be left to grieve and come to terms with what has happened." | |
| The incident happened just before 09:45 BST on Tuesday. | |
| British Transport Police said the deaths were being treated as suspicious, but no third party was being sought. | |
| They said the possibility of a murder-suicide was "one of the lines of inquiry" officers would be pursuing. | |
| Emergency services and forensics officers blocked off two of the four lines in and out of London Paddington at Slough for six hours, causing severe train delays and cancellations. | |
| Passengers on the 08:41 from Bedwyn, which hit the pair, were kept on the train while investigations were carried out. | |
| Dan Paynes, a spokesman for First Great Western, said the driver of the train was replaced at Slough. | |
| "He is receiving all the support he needs and probably won't drive again for some time," he said. |