John, 33, relives his lucky escape after engine hit landslide

A TERRIFIED Scots passenger on board the derailed Cumbria train feared they had been hit by a terrorist attack as the lights went off and the vehicle ground to a halt.

- BY RYAN CARROLL

A major incident was declared after the 4.28am Avanti West Coast service from Glasgow to London came off the tracks in Cumbria at about 6.10am yesterday.

The high-speed train is said to have hit a landslide while travelling at 80mph, before about 130 passengers who were onboard were removed.

John Topp, 33, was travelling to a meeting in London when he heard a “loud bang” before the train lost power.