'Kind and popular' Year 7 pupil killed after being hit by train on his way to school

Year 7 pupil Jaiden Shehata tragically died whilst connected his mode to Riddlesdown Collegiate successful southbound Croydon - aft helium was deed by a bid astatine a crossing adjacent Kenley Station

A London schoolhouse has paid tribute to a “kind and popular” pupil who tragically died aft helium was struck by a train whilst connected his mode to school.

Year 7 pupil Jaiden Shehata was progressive successful the fatal incidental astatine a crossing adjacent Kenley Station past Thursday astatine astir 8am. He was making his mode to Riddlesdown Collegiate schoolhouse successful southbound Croydon, which closed for a time of mourning the pursuing day.

The secondary school, disconnected Honister Heights, posted a moving tribute to the school's website, which described Jaiden arsenic a benignant and fashionable pupil, and a valued subordinate of the school’s community. It reads: “We are profoundly saddened by the nonaccomplishment of Jaiden Shehata, 1 of our students, who died connected Thursday, January 23. Our thoughts are with his household and friends astatine this hard time.

"Jaiden was a benignant and fashionable pupil and a valued subordinate of Riddlesdown Collegiate. We cognize the nonaccomplishment is being felt by galore and we are doing everything we tin to enactment his friends, household and the wider pupil and unit assemblage astatine this hard time.”

Principal Daniel Osborne besides wrote to parents and guardians informing them of the “tragic accident”, which was investigated by British Transport Police (BTP) and ruled arsenic "non-suspicious". A BTP spokesperson said: "This incidental has present been investigated and ruled arsenic non-suspicious, officers stay moving with spouse agencies to enactment the household astatine this time.”

In his missive seen by MyLondon, Mr Osborne described his "immense sadness" astatine Jaiden's decease and said the schoolhouse has plans to impact students and unit successful "commemorating" Jaiden. He wrote: “This calamity volition undoubtedly impact each of us. Please beryllium assured that we volition bash our champion to enactment everyone and determination guardant unneurotic arsenic a community.”

On the greeting of the incident, A BTP unit spokesperson said: "Officers were called to the enactment adjacent Kenley railway presumption astatine astir 8am this greeting (January 23) pursuing reports of a casualty connected the tracks. Paramedics besides attended, nevertheless sadly a idiosyncratic was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. Enquiries into the circumstances starring up to their decease are ongoing.”