British Transport Police were called to a level crossing north of Leominster, Herefordshire, at 10.40am today (22 May) following reports that a train had struck a tractor and trailer.
Officers attended alongside officers from West Mercia Police, paramedics and fire service.
Following medical assessments two people were treated for injuries that are not considered to be serious.
A 32-year-old man from Bromyard has been arrested on suspicion of endangering safety on the railway.
Enquiries remain ongoing into the full circumstances leading up to the incident.
From West Midlands Ambulance Service:
A man has been air lifted to hospital, a woman has been taken to hospital by land ambulance and 15 others have been assessed following a collision between a train and a trailer just north of Leominster, this morning.
We were called to a collision between a train and a tractor near Nordan Farm at 10.46am and sent two ambulances, five paramedic officers, our Hazardous Area Response Team and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “On arrival crews found a man who was a passenger on the train, they treated him for non-life threatening injuries before conveying him by air ambulance to Hereford County Hospital.
“A woman, was also treated for injuries not believed to be serious and conveyed by land ambulance to Hereford County Hospital.
“15 further patients who were passengers on the train were assessed, and all were discharged at the scene.
“Nobody from the tractor required assessment.”
