A man has died after being struck by a train before rush hour at a major south London Tube station.
Emergency services rushed to Kennington shortly after 6.30am on Friday following reports a passenger had been hit by a northbound train.
Firefighters erected blue tarpaulin on the pavement outside the station to allow medics to treat the man at the scene before he was taken to hospital.
He died at hospital several hours later, British Transport Police confirmed on Friday afternoon.
A spokeswoman said the incident was not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.
The incident triggered severe disruption on the London Underground network, with the Northern line being suspended between Morden and Moorgate as well as Waterloo and Kennington.
Tube passengers heading to work from the station were turned away.
Commuter Guy Armitage, 34, was told to find another route.
He said: "The station was shut with a motorcade of ambulances, fire trucks and police in attendance.
"Just outside the station they had erected a blue tarp under which medics were working, whoever was under it was then loaded into an ambulance.
"All commuters were sent away to take alternative routes."
Tube passengers also reported being turned away from nearby Oval and Tooting Bec stations while huge crowds built outside Clapham South.
