Nine people remain in critical condition after fatal UK train crash

Nine people remain in a critical condition following a train crash on Friday near Bedford, about ​100 kilometres north of London, in which ‌the driver of one of the services was killed. Two passenger trains bound for London collided at around 5:15pm 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 on ​Saturday, British Transport Police Chief Constable Lucy D'Orsi said ​more than 80 people had received hospital treatment on Friday night. "As of this morning, 28 remain in hospital, and nine are ​in a critical condition," she said. Investigators were working to ​establish what caused the accident, D'Orsi added. Read More: Racing cars collision leaves four dead A video posted on social ‌media ⁠by one of the passengers on Friday showed what appeared to be the damaged front of one train entangled with the back of another, with the ​carriages remaining upright. Prime ​Minister Keir ⁠Starmer described it as a "devastating incident" in a post on X. I just spoke with the CEO of the East of England Ambulance Service Trust following yesterday's train crash. I expressed my gratitude to the air ambulance crews, the emergency services who responded under extremely difficult circumstances, as well as the NHS staff taking care of… — Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) June 20, 2026 King Charles' Buckingham Palace ​also issued a statement, saying: "His Majesty is ​greatly ⁠saddened by the rail crash in Bedford yesterday evening and is being kept regularly updated on developments. "His thoughts ⁠and ​sympathies are with the family of ​the deceased and with all those injured or affected by such a ​tragic incident."