Bedford UK Train Collision: Driver Killed and 89 Injured as Two Mainline Passenger Trains Crash South of Town
A train driver has died, and 89 passengers are injured, 11 critically, after two London-bound East Midlands Railway trains collided near Bedford on Friday evening. The crash occurred at approximately…
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