A light aircraft has crashed near a main railway line in Staffordshire, killing at least two people and disrupting national train services.
The crash near Little Haywood just before midday brought down overhead rail power cables and left debris near tracks, said Network Rail.
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 fatality or fatalities cannot be ruled out at this stage,' they said in a statement.
The rail line, used by trains running between London and Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow, was closed after the crash and the Transport Police said the line was not expected to be fully restored this weekend.
Virgin Trains said they were diverting affected trains onto an alternative route, adding around an hour to journeys.
All rail services between Rugby and Stafford were suspended.
