One person was killed, and 89 others were injured when two East Midlands Railway trains collided south of Bedford, about 60 miles north of London, police said Friday.
Emergency services were called to the line at about 5:15 p.m. local time, or 9:15 p.m. PKT, according to British Transport Police.
The East of England Ambulance Service said one person died at the scene. It said 11 people suffered very serious injuries, 22 were seriously injured, and 56 had minor injuries.
The ambulance service said it deployed a large emergency response, including more than 20 ambulances and six air ambulances.
British Transport Police said that at least one person had died and several others were injured following a collision involving two trains near Bedford, about 100 km north of London https://t.co/nLrRHbepos pic.twitter.com/jaVITfzKgu
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 20, 2026Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his thoughts were with the family of the person who died and with those seriously injured.
A video posted on social media by a passenger appeared to show the front of one train entangled with the rear of another. The carriages appeared to remain upright on the tracks.
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Deputy Chief Constable Stuart Cundy said a significant emergency service response was underway as authorities worked to establish what happened.
Peter Knapp, a doctor who said on Bluesky that he was on one of the trains, described a “sudden crash.” He said one carriage came off the rails and that he suffered minor injuries
