Two feared dead in aircraft crash
Police suspect two people were killed when a light aircraft crashed into a major railway line.
Officers believe two people were aboard a single engine propellor aircraft that came down in Staffordshire.
The aircraft hit power lines above the West Coast Mainline between Rugeley and Stafford shortly before midday.
The accident caused severe disruption on the major rail route between London Euston and Manchester Piccadilly.
A Staffordshire Police spokeswoman said: "There are potentially two fatalities from the aircraft, but until further investigations have been carried out and families informed, we cannot give any more information."
West Midlands Ambulance Service said paramedics were at the scene within three minutes but there was nothing they could do to help the occupants.
He said: "Crews found the wreckage of a plane between two railway tracks. It had struck the power lines for the railway. Sadly there was nothing that could be done and no-one was taken to hospital. It is not known how many people were aboard the single engine aircraft."
Emergency services were deluged with 999 calls after the crash, in a field off Meadow Lane, on the edge of the village of Little Haywood.
Rail operators said all services between Rugby and Stafford had been suspended and delays could continue tomorrow.
Virgin Trains services between Euston and north-west England or Glasgow were severely disrupted.
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