A migrant has died in the Eurotunnel while trying to get to Britain, authorities have reportedly said.
This morning's tragedy has sparked delays on Eurostar and Le Shuttle trains, leaving passengers waiting up to three hours extra for trains leaving Folkestone and 45 minutes for the St Pancras service.
One of the six sections of the tunnel is shut while investigations take place. It is not known how the person died.
Day trippers are being advised by Eurotunnel Le Shuttle to rearrange their journeys, while Eurostar told the Standard trains were delayed by up to an hour.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">We recommend that due to the length of delays, day trip customers travelling today rearrange their travel to an alternative date. ^LD— Eurotunnel LeShuttle (@LeShuttle) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/LeShuttle/status/618336861459775489" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-10801-https://twitter.com/LeShuttle/status/618336861459775489" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 7, 2015</a>
Eurotunnel's official Twitter account said only that a freight train had been stopped at about 7am after trespassers were found on board.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Confirmation that due to migrants found on freight shuttle, we expect delays to Passenger service of 3hrs from UK & 60mins from France. ^LE— Eurotunnel LeShuttle (@LeShuttle) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/LeShuttle/status/618331307999916032" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-10801-https://twitter.com/LeShuttle/status/618331307999916032" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 7, 2015</a>
A Eurotunnel spokesman told the BBC: "Services are partly suspended, and the disruption is principally affecting freight services. Passenger services are running with slight delays.
"We are working very hard to restore full services as soon as possible."
The BBC attributed news of the death to Eurotunnel.
Last week, more than 150 migrants tried to storm the French Channel Tunnel terminal. An industrial dispute between ferry workers and Eurotunnel in Calais has seen the link shut twice in the last month.
