RELATIVES of the young man killed by a train in Enfield Lock on Monday have spoken of the family's grief.

Father-of-three Mircea Adam, 20, was visiting Enfield from Rochestown, in County Cork, and was due to return to Ireland the following day.

He leaves behind two daughters and a son, all aged under five, his girlfriend Laura, two brothers and sisters, and his parents.

His body has been taken back to his hometown Cluj-Napoca, Romania, where he was brought up.

Mircea's cousin, Cornel Rostas, 31, from Catisfield Road, said: "He was a friend of all the family. He was a very, very good man, and everyone liked him.

"He liked everyone to be happy and had lots of friends. What happened is very sad for his family."

Another cousin, 22-year-old Muma Adam, also from Catisfield Road, added: "He was just a normal person, a good person, who liked spending time with his family, liked going to the cinema.

"He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was only here for a short time. It is going to be very hard for the children and family."

A third cousin, Visan Adam, 31, said: "He is a devoted family man. I think he must have just panicked when he saw the police. He wasn't a bad man, he was very good.

"His parents are very upset, as you can imagine. What can you say about losing someone like that?"

Mircea Adam was in a silver Mercedes CLK 230 with two men when officers tried to stop the car in Ordnance Road at around 5.30pm on Monday.

The trio fled but were forced to abandon the vehicle when they reached the Enfield Lock level crossing.

Mr Adam was hit by the northbound Stansted Express and pronounced dead at the scene.

Residents are calling for tighter controls on the crossing to stop people trying to jump the track.

Sinan Kavaz, 56, from Ornance Road, who witnessed the chase, said around six people had been killed on the track since he moved to the area 26 years ago.

"Sometimes they are drunk and wander on, sometimes they are suicides, sometimes they try to drive across," he said.

"They need to put up a camera to fine people to stop them doing it."

Malcolm Burrowes, 67, has lived in Ferndale Road for 26 years and said the station was "one of the worst places in the world for people jumping the barriers".

"You don't have to stand here long to see the cops nicking someone," he added.

"Back in 1978 they were thinking of putting in a flyover, but you would need to pull all the houses and business down to do that, so they didn't.

"Now it looks unlikely to happen with all the Government cuts."

Two men, aged 21 and 22, were arrested following the chase and have been bailed to a date in September pending further inquiries.