Man loses legs in train accident

A rail worker has lost his lower legs in an accident in sidings close to Harlow railway station in Essex.

The man, in his 40s, was overseeing a nine-carriage train carrying freight when the accident happened. Emergency crews freed him from under the train.

Mark Samuels, fire officer in charge at the incident, said: "It appears the man slipped underneath the carriage as he was seeing back the train."

The firefighters recovered his limbs in the hope that surgeons can save them.

A police and Office of Rail Regulation investigation is now under way to establish the cause of the accident.