At least two people were killed when a light aircraft crashed into a major railway line today.
The British Transport Police, in charge of the investigation, said two people had been killed but released no further details about them.
"Examination of the scene will continue and a further fatility or fatalities cannot be ruled out at this stage," they said in a statement.
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.
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."
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.
PA