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Driver in fatal train crash passed through red signal
The Independent
|June 25, 2026
A train driver who died in a crash near Bedford had passed a red signal moments before the collision, say investigators.
Shaun Burton, 60, was pronounced dead at the scene after his East Midlands Railway service struck the rear of another on the same line on Friday evening.
More than 100 people received hospital treatment in the aftermath of the incident. Fifty-three remain in hospital, including eight people in critical care, according to British Transport Police.
Yesterday, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said in an interim report that Burton’s train proceeded past a red signal near the scene of the crash in Elstow at 5.15pm.
It added that “it is not yet possible to say what indication the driver received” from the automatic warning system equipment fitted to the train.
Burton’s train was travelling at 49mph at the point of the collision, analysis of black box data showed.
The RAIB report said the brakes were applied nine seconds before the crash, at which point the train was travelling at 76mph.
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