article_snippet: Hours before the tragedy – just after midnight on
article_snippet: Emergency services: The scene outside Old Street station in central London after the incident  on Sunday .
article_snippet: Ambulance on the scene: Police  said that on arrival officers discovered two men with serious injuries . '
article_snippet: Eyewitnesses said the pair were hit by a train as Saturday night
article_snippet: A Tube worker said: 'Saturday night – Nick dropped something down on to the track, a mobile phone or something, and then somehow Saturday night – Nick's got into trouble down there. '
article_snippet: – Nick up back on to the platform in time before a train came, but it wasn't in time and they both got hit.
article_snippet: Another said: 'It happened at the back of the platform, just as a train pulls in, so maybe Both men didn't realise how close a train was.'
article_snippet: British Transport Police described the incident as a 'tragic accident'.
article_snippet: One Tube worker said a man had been spotted dropping something onto the track on CCTV (file picture)