{"id":2616985,"date":"2026-06-21T15:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-police-probe-cause-of-train-collision-that-killed-driver-and-left-9-in-critical-condition\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T15:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:06:53","slug":"uk-police-probe-cause-of-train-collision-that-killed-driver-and-left-9-in-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-police-probe-cause-of-train-collision-that-killed-driver-and-left-9-in-critical-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"UK police probe cause of train collision that killed driver and left 9 in critical condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-police-probe-cause-of-train-collision-that-killed-driver-and-left-9-in-critical-condition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2616985&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A serious train collision occurred in central England, leaving nine individuals in critical condition and resulting in the death of one train driver. Over 80 people were treated at hospitals, with 28 still hospitalized a day after the incident. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crash-that-left-13-dead-in-california-involved-illegal-aliens-smugglers-who-entered-hole-in-older-border-fence-report\/\" title=\"Crash That Left 13 Dead In California Involved Illegal Aliens, Smugglers Who Entered Hole In Older Border Fence: Report\">crash involved<\/a> two passenger trains heading to London\u2019s St. Pancras Station, with investigators working to determine the cause. Passengers described chaos and injuries, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marvel-actress-struck-by-car-in-nyc-family-shares-graphic-photos-of-injuries\/\" title=\"Marvel actress injured in NYC car accident, family shares graphic injury photos\">including broken bones<\/a> and bleeding wounds, with some unable to speak or move. Despite Britain\u2019s previously strong railway safety record, this collision marked one of the few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-united-offers-passengers-exciting-opportunity-to-die-in-diverse-and-equitable-plane-crash\/\" title=\"WALSH: United Offers Passengers Exciting Opportunity To Die In Diverse And Equitable Plane Crash\">fatal accidents<\/a> in recent decades. Buckingham Palace expressed sadness over the tragedy, and British authorities continue to investigate the accident.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LONDON (AP) \u2014<\/strong> Nine people were in critical condition on Saturday after a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bedford-train-collision-london-9d0d2b1c8a31e6d34c112b89f28fdeda\">collision between two passenger trains<\/a> in central England the night before killed the driver of one of the locomotives, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British Transport Police Chief Constable Lucy D\u2019Orsi said more than 80 people were treated in hospitals after the crash late Friday afternoon, and 28 remained hospitalized a day later.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4617280\/iran-leadership-war-battered-transformed\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Iran\u2019s leadership emerges from war battered and transformed<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4617650\/zelensky-stripped-poland-highest-honor\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Zelensky stripped of Poland\u2019s highest honor after honoring controversial nationalist group<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4617561\/vance-us-iran-talk-sunday-switzerland-flux\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance says US-Iran talks will start Sunday in Switzerland but situation is \u2018in flux\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buckingham Palace said King Charles III \u201cis greatly saddened\u201d by the crash. It said \u201chis thoughts and sympathies are with the family of the deceased and with all those injured or affected by such a tragic incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police and accident investigators are working to understand why a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >commuter train bound<\/a> for London\u2019s St. Pancras Station slammed into the back of another train headed for the same destination on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos and videos posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idf-spokesman-blames-deaths-during-hostage-rescue-operation-on-hamas-tactics\/\" title=\"IDF spokesman attributes fatalities in hostage rescue to Hamas strategies\">social media showed dozens<\/a> of people, some with bandages but also many who appeared uninjured, standing and sitting among emergency vehicles parked on a road parallel to the train tracks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter Knapp, one of the passengers, described being thrown forward by the impact, then seeing fellow travelers with broken bones and bloody injuries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople were crying, screaming. People were so scared and confused,\u201d he said. \u201cI got up and I saw a lot of people who were unable to speak, had broken legs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another passenger, Brett Byatt, told the BBC that only \u201cthree to four of us were uninjured in a full carriage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4617954\/trump-take-over-strait-of-hormuz-takeover-iran-deal\/\">TRUMP THREATENS HORMUZ TAKEOVER TO COLLECT TOLLS AND 20% OF OIL IF IRAN DEAL FAILS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEveryone else had either a serious wound that was bleeding profusely, or a situation where they couldn\u2019t stand, or couldn\u2019t move their neck, or I saw a woman\u2019s snapped leg,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years Britain\u2019s railways have had one of the world\u2019s best safety records. One passenger was killed in a collision between two trains in Wales in October 2024. That was Britain\u2019s first fatal crash involving multiple trains for more than a quarter of a century.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London train crash leaves 9 critically injured, driver killed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2616986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26170765254831.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81509,81508,39153,39803,81507],"class_list":["post-2616985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-critical-injuries","tag-rail-accident","tag-train-collision","tag-transportation-safety","tag-uk-police-investigation-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26170765254831.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2616985"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2616989,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2616985\/revisions\/2616989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2616986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2616985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2616985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2616985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}