Overview

• The incident occurred on the Northern line at Old Street station just before 11:20am on 14 August, resulting in a person being pronounced dead at the scene.
• London Ambulance Service deployed an ambulance crew, hazardous area response teams, an incident response officer and a trauma team from London’s Air Ambulance, with the first paramedic arriving in under four minutes.
• British Transport Police attended alongside paramedics at around 11:25am, classified the death as non-suspicious and initiated the standard process to prepare a file for the coroner.
• Northern line services between Moorgate and Finsbury Park were suspended while emergency teams worked on site, and Old Street station reopened shortly after 1:00pm.
• Authorities have not released the identity of the deceased, and the coroner’s report will determine the precise cause of death.