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One person has died and dozens were injured, 11 of them \u201cvery seriously\u201d, after two passenger trains collided north of London on Friday, UK emergency services said.<\/p>\n
The crash occurred late afternoon near Bedford, a town around 56 miles (90 kilometres) north of the UK capital, and involved two London-bound trains on the same track, according to East Midlands Railway (EMR).<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a moment of being flung into the chair in front, and then I saw smoke. People were crying, screaming, people were so scared and confused,\u201d passenger Pete Knapp told the Press Association news agency.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI saw a lot of people who were unable to speak, had broken legs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
In an update nearly five hours after the collision, the East of England Ambulance Service confirmed one person had died at the scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cA further 11 people suffered very serious injuries, 22 were seriously injured, and a further 56 people had minor injuries,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose with minor injuries were treated at the scene or taken to hospital where needed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said it was \u201chugely concerning\u201d and his thoughts were \u201cwith the family of the person who has sadly lost their life, and with those who have been seriously injured\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am grateful to the emergency services for their swift response to this tragic incident.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unverified footage posted to social media showed the aftermath of the collision, with passengers pictured walking along the tracks beside the two damaged EMR trains. Some people initially waited in a nearby field.<\/p>\n
The trains remained upright largely still on the track, though at least one carriage appeared to have left the rails, according to aerial footage broadcast by news outlets.<\/p>\n
Knapp posted images and video on social media platform Bluesky, noting he was \u201cin the front carriage\u201d of one train and \u201cin shock\u201d afterwards.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m ok with bloody legs and back impact. Others are not good,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Teresa Itabor told the BBC there was \u201ca massive bang\u201d and then her head hit the seat in front.<\/p>\n
\u201cI opened my eyes and that\u2019s when I saw people on the floor with blood everywhere,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
An EMR spokesperson confirmed the collision involved two of its trains heading southbound for London St Pancras station.<\/p>\n
One service had first departed\u00a0from Corby while the other originated from Nottingham, both in central England.<\/p>\n
EMR trains were \u201cunable to run in or out on London St Pancras for the remainder of this evening,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n
British Transport Police\u00a0said a \u201cmajor incident\u201d had been declared and a multi-agency response at the scene was ongoing.<\/p>\n
The ambulance service noted it had dispatched more than 20 ambulances and six air ambulances.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll patients with the most serious injuries have now been taken from the scene to hospital,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch, which probes such incidents on UK tramways and railways, said a team of its inspectors was on site \u201cto start gathering evidence\u201d.<\/p>\n
Rail expert Tony Miles told Sky News it appeared to have been a \u201crelatively slow-speed collision\u201d and that the damage to the trains looked \u201cfairly minimal\u201d.<\/p>\n
But he cautioned \u201ceven relatively low speed collisions can be dangerous for people that are on board\u201d.<\/p>\n
Train accidents, particularly fatal ones, are relatively rare in Britain.<\/p>\n
In September 2023, several people were injured after two trains collided at Aviemore railway station in the Highlands of Scotland.<\/p>\n
The crash happened on the Strathspey Railway, a heritage railway run separately from mass-transit public services, and involved a stationary carriage and another train in the station.<\/p>\n
In August 2020, an early morning service from Aberdeen to Glasgow came off the tracks, killing three people and injuring six near the town of Stonehaven, northeast Scotland, after a landslip caused by heavy rain.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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