Investigators and police officers work at the scene where two East Midlands Railway trains collided near Bedford, Britain, Friday. A train driver has died and at least 80 people have been injured in the crash. According to the ambulance service 33 of the injured are in a serious condition. Nine are still critical as of Saturday morning. Photo by Tolga Akmen/EPA
June 20 (UPI) -- A train driver is dead and nine people are still in critical condition after two passenger trains collided in England.
About 80 people were injured in the crash Friday evening. As of Saturday morning, 28 were still hospitalized after a moving train crashed into a stopped train on the tracks in Bedford, England, north of London.
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers said it was "devastated to learn that a train driver and former RMT rep has tragically died," The Times of London reported.
Eddie Dempsey, RMT general secretary, wrote on X: "The thoughts of RMT are with their family, friends, colleagues and the ASLEF trade union at this awful time."
