Bedford train crash latest: Nine people in critical condition after driver killed

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1. 1h ago

   Police investigate Bedford train collision

   UK police are probing the cause of a crash between two passenger trains in central England. One driver died in the accident. Nine people remain in critical condition.

   What's confirmed:

   • Nine people are in critical condition.
   • One driver died in the collision.

   Still unconfirmed:

   • The crash involved two East Midlands Railways services.
   • The crash involved a Luton Airport Express service and a stationary East Midlands Railway train.
   • One hundred people were injured and 28 were hospitalized as of Saturday morning.
   confidence 80%
2. 2d ago

   Nine people critical after fatal Bedford train collision

   A train driver died after a Luton Airport Express service hit a stationary East Midlands Railway train near Bedford on Friday. One hundred people were injured, and 28 remained in hospital as of Saturday morning. Nine victims are currently in critical condition.

   What's confirmed:

   • A train driver named Shaun Burton was killed in the collision.
   • The crash involved a Luton Airport Express service hitting a stationary East Midlands Railway train.
   • The collision occurred around 5.15pm on Friday.
   • One hundred people were injured in the crash.
   • Nine people were in critical condition as of Saturday morning.
   • Twenty-eight people remained in hospital on Saturday morning.
   • British Transport Police are investigating the collision.
   • The crash involved the 16:40 train from Corby and the 15:50 service from Nottingham.

   Still unconfirmed:

   • Technical faults caused the collision.
   • Ninety percent of people in one carriage were injured.
   confidence 95%