On Friday evening, a train driver died and 89 people were injured after two passenger trains collided south of Bedford, England.
Emergency services declared a "major incident" as rescuers worked through the night to treat 11 passengers with life-threatening injuries. The crash involved two East Midlands Railway trains on the Midland Main Line, with witnesses describing a violent impact that felt like a "bomb explosion." Rail travel is currently paralyzed between London St Pancras and Bedford, with investigators focusing on why both trains were permitted on the same stretch of track.
Formal investigations by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch are expected to begin immediately to determine if the cause was a signaling failure or human error.
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