Rail lines blocked after train hits car on level crossing
A train has hit a car on a level crossing between Colchester and Ipswich Greater Anglia said.
All train lines have been blocked after the crash on Sunday afternoon, the rail operator said.
Emergency services and Network Rail response teams were called to Station Road in Bentley.
One person was assessed at the scene but no one was injured, a spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said.
Greater Anglia posted on X saying: 'Due to a collision at a level crossing between Colchester and Ipswich, all lines are blocked.
'Train services running through these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until further notice.'
It later added: 'We have been made aware of a train hitting a car at a level crossing between Colchester and Ipswich.
'Emergency services and Network Rail response teams have been dispatched, as well as train engineers.
'We currently have no estimate for when the line will re-open until response teams arrive.'
Routes between Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich have been affected.
Rail replacement buses will run between Ipswich and Colchester, calling at Manningtree, in both directions, Greater Anglia said.
A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said: 'One ambulance and the Basics critical care paramedic car was sent to Station Road Bentley this afternoon following reports of a vehicle struck by a train.
'One person was assessed at the scene, but no-one was injured in the incident.'
A spokesperson for the British Transport Police said: 'Officers were called to Bentley level crossing at 4.19pm today following reports that a train had hit a car.
'Thankfully, no one was injured and officers are now working to recover the vehicle and review the full circumstances of what happened.'
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