A passenger on one of two trains that collided in the Bedford area has described the moment of impact, saying it “felt like [he’d] been in a bomb explosion”.
Pete Knapp, speaking to the BBC from the scene, said the crash had left him in shock as emergency services worked around the wreckage. Footage taken after the collision shows the two trains locked together, with passengers appearing to have been evacuated from the carriages.
“Passenger Pete Knapp said Bedford train crash 'felt like a bomb explosion'; two East Midlands Railway trains collided.”
East Midlands Railway confirmed that two of its trains were involved in the incident. British Transport Police said emergency services were at the scene of the collision in the Bedford area, though further details about injuries or the cause of the crash have not yet been released.
The video, shared by the BBC, shows debris scattered around the tracks and the front of one train badly damaged. Knapp’s description of the crash as resembling a bomb explosion underscores the severity of the impact, which has drawn a large emergency response to the site.
The collision occurred in the Bedford area, but neither the exact location nor the time of the incident has been specified by authorities. East Midlands Railway has not yet commented on the circumstances leading up to the crash or the number of passengers on board.