One person has died and “a number of people have been injured” after two passenger trains collided on Friday near Bedford, north of London, British Transport Police said.
“A major incident has been declared, and officers are continuing to respond at the scene alongside colleagues from Bedfordshire Police and the local Fire and Rescue and Ambulance Services,” the police force said in an update late Friday.
“We know that a number of people have been injured and one person has very sadly died,” it added.
The two passenger trains collided on Friday north of London, bringing emergency services, including air ambulances, rushing to the scene to help the injured.
The crash occurred late afternoon south of Bedford, a market town around 56 miles (90 kilometres) north of the UK capital, according to East Midlands Railway (EMR)
