An 11-year-old boy who died after being hit by a train at a level crossing was probably looking at a video on his phone at the time of the accident, investigators have said.

Jaiden Shehata was walking to school when he was fatally struck at the Bourneview footpath crossing near Kenley, south London, in January, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said.

Jaiden, who was a pupil at the nearby Riddlesdown Collegiate secondary school, was hit by a Southern train travelling at about 50mph.

The train driver sounded the horn and applied the emergency brake when he saw the boy start to cross the railway but, though he looked up, he did not have time to move clear before the train reached the crossing.

Jaiden, who had used the crossing regularly since starting at Riddlesdown Collegiate

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