Man killed in North Yorkshire rail crash named

Police have released a picture of the victim of a train crash yesterday in North Yorkshire.

Eric Ireland, who was 77, died after his car was struck by a train on a level crossing near Rillington.

British Transport Police say they are still investigating the circumstances of the collision.

The man who died after his car was hit by a train at a crossing in North Yorkshire has been named as Eric Ireland.

The 77-year-old was from Moorsholme in Scampston. Police say they are working to support his family.

British Transport Police are still investigating how the vehicle came to be on the tracks at the time.

A pensioner who died after the car he was in was hit by a train on a level crossing in North Yorkshire is expected to be named today. The crash happened at the Ivy Lea level crossing at Rillington near Malton yesterday morning.

Investigation work to establish how the car came to be on the crossing as the train approached will also continue.

A pensioner has died after his car was hit by a train at a rail crossing in North Yorkshire.

The tragedy at Rillington near Malton left wreckage strewn along the tracks and led to the closure of the Scarborough to York line for almost five hours.

Tonight, services have resumed as investigators try to work out how the crash happened. Jon Hill reports.

A pensioner has died after his car was struck by a train at a level crossing in North Yorkshire this morning.

The crash happened at Ivy Lea rail crossing in Scampston near Malton.

Jon Hill was at Scampston:

Emergency services are still at the scene in Scampston, North Yorkshire where the door of the car was wedged beneath the train.

The three-carriage TransPennine Express service became stationary around half-a-mile from where the overturned metallic turquoise 4x4 lies in a field 40 metres from the crossing.

The 77-year-old male who died is believed to be a local farmer.

Ch Insp Derek O'Mara, of British Transport Police, said: "Police got a call to report that a vehicle had been struck by a train at Ivy Lea crossing near Malton, causing a fatality to an elderly male.

"The point where the road crosses the track is a farm crossing that has phones on either side. People have to ring up a signal box to seek authority to go across the crossing to make sure it's safe.

"It's too early in the investigation to know whether that has been done or not, so that is one of the leads that we'll be looking at in our investigation with the coroner."

He added: "My thoughts and prayers are with the family. The family have not been told at this stage because we are still in the process of identifying the male.

"No other passengers were injured and all were taken by train to continue their journeys. The driver of the train is being treated for shock.Police confirmed the train line will be open as soon as possible."

Emergency services have started the evacuation of a train which hit a car on a level crossing in North Yorkshire.

The driver of the car, a 77-year-old from Malton, died at the scene.

Passengers have ben tweeting from the train:

A man has died after his car was hit by a train at a level crossing in North Yorkshire.

Passenger, John Oxley was on the train and sent these pictures.