A passenger train has been derailed after hitting cows on a line in Kent.
One carriage came off the rails when the herd was struck by the train, according to operator Southeastern. No passengers were injured.
Sixty-five passengers were helped to safety and Network Rail has shut the line. A spokesman said it was thought five cows had been killed.
Network Rail said it had received a report of a stray cow on the line about an hour before the derailment.
That report was investigated but nothing was found.
It has also emerged that after the collision, the train driver jumped out of the cab and ran down the track to halt an approaching train because he had realised his radio had stopped working.
Southeastern said the driver then contacted the signaller through the radio of the second train to switch off the power to the lines.
The collision is being investigated by British Transport Police (BTP) and rail accident investigators have been told.

//youngertime//