Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA train driver was killed in a crash in Bedfordshire after his train reportedly passed a red signal moments before the collision, according to investigators. Shaun Burton, 60, died when the East Midlands Railway (EMR) train he was operating struck the rear of another stationary EMR train. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) stated in an interim report that the incident occurred at 5:15 pm on Friday near Elstow, close to Bedford. Investigators are still determining what indications the driver received from the automatic warning system (AWS) equipment fitted to the train. The collision resulted in 162 injuries, with 102 people requiring hospital treatment; 53 individuals remain hospitalised, eight of whom are in a critical condition. In fullDriver in fatal Bedford train crash passed red signal moments before collisionThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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.

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleShaun Burton, a 60-year-old driver, has been…

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

The trains will be lifted from the site and transported away by road as an investigation remains ongoing to establish how the crash happened

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

One person died in Friday’s crash, while others remain in critical condition

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It was Britain's worst rail disaster in 20 years. A Luton Airport Express service ploughed into the back of a stationary train travelling towards London shortly after 5pm on June…

The driver who died following a train crash in Bedford had passed a red signal moments before the collision, accident investigators have said.

Train driver Shaun Burton, 60, died and about 100 people were injured in the crash near Bedford on Friday

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Interim report says other train it hit had halted on line because warning system wrongly caused it to brake

Shaun Burton died when his train smashed into the rear of another on the same line

British police said 40 people remain in hospital after the crash, including four in critical condition.