Nine people remain in critical condition following deadly UK train crash; police say over 80 injured

By Reuters 20 June 2026, 3:56 pm

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British Transport Police officers, Rail Accident Investigation Branch officers, and Network Rail work at the site of two East Midlands Railway (EMR) trains which crashed into each other on June 19, 2026, south of Bedford in central England on June 20, 2026. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Nine people remain in a critical condition following a train crash yesterday near Bedford, about 60 miles (100 km) north of London, in which the driver of one of the services was killed.

Two passenger trains bound for London collided at around 5.15 p.m. local time (1615 GMT) on Friday. The driver of one of the trains died at the scene.

Providing an update on those injured in the crash, British Transport Police Chief Constable Lucy D’Orsi says more than 80 people had received hospital treatment.

“As of this morning, 28 remain in hospital, and nine are in a critical condition,” she says.

Investigators were working to establish what caused the accident, D’Orsi adds.