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Two-train crash leaves at least 1 dead, 89 injured as emergency crews rush to chaotic scene

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed it was responding to an incident on a railway just south of Bedford, England, on Friday. Authorities are responding after two passenger trains crashed into each other Friday near Bedford, England, killing at least one person and injuring nearly 90 others. The East of England Ambulance Service said it was called to a collision involving two trains at Elstow, near Bedford, at about 5:15 p.m. local time and quickly declared a "major incident." One person died at the scene, 11 people suffered very serious injuries, 22 were seriously injured and 56 people had minor injuries, officials said. Bedford is roughly 60 miles north of London. 2 TRAINS COLLIDE IN DENMARK, LEAVING 5 PEOPLE CRITICALLY INJURED Two passenger trains collided Friday in the United Kingdom. (Fox News) All the patients with the most serious in

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What we know about fatal Bedford train crash and emergency response

Two passenger trains have collided in the Bedford area, leaving a driver dead and dozens of passengers and crew injured. Emergency crews were on the scene after the crash happened between two East Midlands Railway (EMR) services shortly…

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Two passenger trains have collided in the Bedford area, leaving a driver dead and dozens of passengers and crew injured. Emergency crews were on the scene after the crash happened between two East Midlands Railway (EMR) services shortly…

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