Kentish Town Underground incident: Man 'pushed' on to Northern line train track hit by Tube

A man has been seriously injured after he was thought to have been pushed on to the train line at Kentish Town Underground station. British Transport Police has said it is treating the incident, which occurred on 2 December at about 11.45am, as serious.

A statement said: "We are currently investigating an incident at Kentish Town London Underground in which a man has been struck by a train. The incident happened at about 11.45am today [Wednesday 2 December] and the man has suffered serious injuries and is currently being treated by paramedics from London Ambulance Service. We are currently treating the incident as suspicious and are appealing for any witnesses to the incident to come forward."

Passengers on the tube at the time of the incident were evacuated from the train while another witness said on Twitter: "Don't stand close to the edge on the underground - just witnessed a guy get pushed in front of a train at Kentish Town! Hope he makes it."