East Midlands Railway (EMR) driver Shaun Burton, 60, was killed on impact after his train crashed into the rear of another EMR train that had stopped on the same line.

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.

East Midlands Railway (EMR) driver Shaun Burton, 60, was killed on impact after his train crashed into the rear of another EMR train that had stopped on the same line.