Bedford train passengers describe horrors | UK | News

Passengers on the trains involved in a horrific accident near Bedford described the moment the two collided with images taken afterwards.

The incident occurred at around 5.15pm on Friday, June 19, when two East Midlands Railway (EMR) services collided just south of the Elstow junction between the A421 and the A6. Relevant services were Corby to London St Pancras at 16.40 and Nottingham to London St Pancras at 15.50.

The driver of one of the trains was confirmed dead. 11 people were injured “very seriously”, 22 people were seriously injured and 56 people were slightly injured.

Aerial footage of the aftermath shows two damaged EMR trains with most cars on the tracks but at least one shunting.

Passenger Dr Peter Knapp told the BBC he was traveling “in the front carriage of a train that crashed into another train”.

“When I got up, I saw there were chairs everywhere. It felt like I was in a bomb explosion.”

“When I got up I saw people’s bloody faces, their legs appeared to be broken and there was smoke everywhere,” he said.

Dr Knapp said police had taken details of the passengers and some were taken to hospital.

He described how some people were “spitting blood.”

After the incident, Dr. Passengers’ screams can be heard in the images taken by Knapp.

Shola Mene, another passenger from the trains involved in the incident, said he heard a “big explosion”.

“People flew out of their seats, the seats were pulled away, and then someone flew in and hit my husband in the face.”

“There was a lot of blood. A lot of people had wounds on their faces,” he said.

Teresa Itabor, from Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, was on her way to London to celebrate her birthday.

“We left Bedford station and there was a huge explosion… I didn’t know what happened. My head hit the seat in front of me,” he said.

“I opened my eyes and at that moment I saw people lying on the ground covered in blood.”