Newborn baby dies and mum ‘seriously injured’ in hit-and-run

Trains between Hunts Cross and Ormskirk, and abetween Liverpool Central and Headbolt Lane, are facing disruption after a points failure between Sandhills and Ormskirk/Headbolt Lane.

Trains that run between Hunts Cross and Ormskirk, and also between Liverpool Central and Headbolt Lane will terminate or start from Sandhills.

National Rail say rail replacement buses have been requested, but they’re not in place yet.

Trains are now able to run through New Cross Gate after the broken rail found overnight was repaired.

However there are still delays in the area and National Rail still believe the disruption will last until around 1pm.

A member of train crew has fallen ill on a train at Canley, meaning the line between Coventry and Birmingham will be blocked.

This means the following routes may be cancelled, revised, or delayed by up to 40 minutes:

• London Northwestern Railway between London Euston, Milton Keynes Central, or Northampton and Birmingham New Street
• West Midlands Railway between Birmingham International and Birmingham New Street or Rugeley Trent Valley

The car, believed to be a dark-grey Toyota Prius with the registration FY62 MXC, did not stop at the scene and police are still trying to find it.

Detective Chief Inspector Jill Riley said: ‘This is an absolutely appalling incident which has resulted in the death of a little baby and has left his mother very poorly in hospital and my thoughts are with their loved ones.

‘Our investigation is making good progress, but I would still like to hear from anyone who may have footage or information which could help us piece together the events which led to this tragic collision and what happened afterwards.’

Officers want to speak to anyone who might have dashcam, doorbell camera, or phone footage of the crash or of the vehicle before or after the hit-and-run.

It happened on Station Road close to the junction with Longbrook Avenue and Fourfields in Bamber Bridge shortly before 8pm on Sunday, September 29.

North of London

• Reduced Thameslink service between Cambridge and London, you’ll need to use alternative services to and from London Kings Cross and Cambridge
• Reduced Thameslink service between Bedford and London, you’ll need to use alternative services to and from London St Pancras International

South of London

• Until 07:00 no direct Thameslink service between East Croydon and London Bridge, you’ll need to travel on diverted services to London Blackfriars, or into London Victoria and use London Underground to cross London
• Reduced Thameslink services across routes from East Grinstead and Gatwick Airport, you’ll need to use alternative services or travel into London Victoria. You may need to change trains at East Croydon
• Revised Southern services between East and West Croydon and London Bridge with fewer services running, and those which do run will use a diversionary route
• Until 07:00 no service from Crystal Palace into London Bridge via New Cross Gate

• London Overground between West Croydon or Crystal Palace and New Cross Gate or Highbury & Islington
• London Overground between West Croydon and Dalston Junction

• Southern between Littlehampton, Uckfield, Caterham, Purley, Epsom, Streatham Hill, or London Victoria and London Bridge
• Thameslink between Horsham, Brighton, Three Bridges, or East Grinstead and Bedford
• Thameslink between Three Bridges and Flitwick
• Thameslink between Horsham and Peterborough
• Thameslink between Three Bridges or East Grinstead and London Bridge
• Thameslink between Brighton and Cambridge