Two people have been seriously injured after a Southern Rail train with around 150 people on board derailed near Lewes in East Sussex on Thursday afternoon.
Photographs circulated online show a number of train carriages lying on their side, with passengers clambering out of the tipped over carriage and standing on top it as they escape from the scene.
Here is everything we know about the incident.
Where and how did the incident happen?
The affected train was the 2.24pm Southern train from London Victoria to Eastbourne.
Emergency services at the scene of a train derailment near Lewes in East Sussex
PA
It derailed in the area…
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