A man dies after a train strikes a van at a level crossing in Burscough. British Transport Police (BTP) says it is called to the incident at about 3.18pm on Saturday after reports that a train had hit the van.
BTP reports that the man in the van dies at the scene. The reports also state that two rail passengers are injured and receive treatment following the crash. Sources describe the incident as a collision between a train and a road vehicle at the crossing, with police coordinating the response and confirming the casualties.
While the coverage uses different phrasing, all accounts attribute the details of the time, location, and fatalities and injuries to BTP. The central focus across outlets is the same: a fatality at the scene involving the van’s occupant and injuries to rail passengers after the train–van collision.
