The British Transport Police said they had launched a 'criminal investigation' into the cause of the crash in an update on Friday evening.

The fatal incident happened at Station Road, in Hoghton, in southeast of Preston at around 8.50am.

Emergency services rushed to Station Road, Hoghton, this morning following a collision at a level crossing between a car and a train, with a person dying and a child fighting for…

The British Transport Police said they had launched a 'criminal investigation' into the cause of the crash in an update on Friday evening.

Kerry Coombes, 33, tragically died when the car she was in was hit by a train in Lancashire this week, her distraught family have now issued a heartbreaking tribute