Driver dead and 33 people seriously injured as Bedford train crash declared major incident

Driver dead and 33 people seriously injured as Bedford train crash declared major incident6 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAnna Lamche'Like a bomb explosion': Bedford train passenger describes crashA train driver has died and 89 people have been injured after two trains collided in the Bedford area as police declare a major incident.Eleven people suffered very serious injuries, 22 were seriously injured and a further 56 have minor injuries, the East of England Ambulance service said.The crash involved two southbound East Midlands Railway (EMR) services, both travelling to London St Pancras on Friday afternoon. The cause of the incident is still under investigation. RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said the union was "devastated to learn that a train driver and former RMT rep has tragically died" in the crash.In a statement, the British Transport Police (BTP) said they had declared a major incident following the collision, which took place at around 17:15BST."We know that a number of people have been injured and one person has very sadly died", the statement said.Passenger Dr Peter Knapp told the BBC he was travelling in the "front carriage of the train that collided into another one"."When I got up, I saw all of the chairs everywhere. It felt like I'd been in a bomb explosion."When I got up, I saw people's bloodied faces and people's legs looked broken and there was smoke everywhere", he said.Speaking from the side of the road, Knapp said the police were taking passengers details while some were taken taken to hospital. "Some people are spitting out blood", he said.Steve Hubbard/BBCImages from the scene of the collision appear to show at least one carriage shunted from the tracksShola Mene, another passenger on one of the trains involved, said she heard a "big bang", adding: "People flew from their seats, the seats were pulling, and then someone just flew...