The driver who died in a train crash near Bedford has been named as 60-year-old Shaun Burton.

Shaun Burton, 60, was the driver of the train between Corby and London when it crashed with another train that was travelling between Nottingham and the capital - this is a…

The driver who died in a train crash near Bedford has been named as 60-year-old Shaun Burton.

One train smashed into the back of the other on the same line near Bedford just after 5pm on Friday.

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Family of Shaun Burton, 60, say they are ‘devastated by his loss’ and their thoughts are ‘also with those affected’

Shaun Burton, 60, died when the East Midlands Railway train he was driving crashed near Bedford

Around 100 people were injured and the train's driver, Shaun Burton, 60, was killed following the collision on Friday afternoon.