Overview
- Emergency services were called shortly before 10.20pm on Tuesday, July 28 to a rail line near Eaglescliffe after reports of two people on the tracks.
- British Transport Police, North East Ambulance Service, the Great North Air Ambulance and Cleveland Fire Brigade attended and helped evacuate passengers and assist an unwell person from a train.
- One person was pronounced dead at the scene and a second was taken to James Cook University Hospital with life-changing injuries.
- Police confirmed on August 5 that the incident is not being treated as suspicious while enquiries into the exact circumstances continue.
- Local reports say both victims were men in their 30s but identities and a definitive cause have not been released and may be clarified as investigations proceed.