UK police probe train crash that killed driver, left 9 in critical condition
One passenger says he was thrown forward by the impact then saw fellow travellers with broken bones and bloody injuries
Nine people were in critical condition on Saturday after a collision between two passenger trains in central England the night before killed the driver of one of the locomotives, police said.
British Transport Police Chief Constable Lucy D’Orsi said more than 80 people were treated in hospitals after the crash late Friday afternoon, and 28 remained hospitalised a day later.
Buckingham Palace said King Charles “is greatly saddened” by the crash. It said “his thoughts and sympathies are with the family of the deceased and with all those injured or affected by such a tragic incident”.
Police and accident investigators are working to understand why a commuter train bound for London’s St. Pancras Station slammed into the back of another train headed for the same destination on Friday afternoon.
A passenger reported that he was thrown forward by the impact then saw fellow travellers with broken bones and bloody injuries.
Both trains were travelling south to London St Pancras station when they collided outside the town of Bedford around 5.15pm, according to information on rail tracking websites.