Eyewitnesses describe injuries and confusion of Bedford train crash

Eyewitnesses describe injuries and confusion of Bedford train crash7 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAnna LamcheFootage shows inside carriage after Bedfordshire train crashPassengers onboard the two trains that collided near Bedford on Friday afternoon have told the BBC of the panic, injuries and general confusion they witnessed in the aftermath of the crash.One person died and "a number of others" were injured in the incident, according to the British Transport Police.The East of England Ambulance Service said nearly 90 people had been injured, over 30 of them seriously.Alex Pope/BBCTeresa Itabor opened her eyes and saw "blood everywhere"Teresa Itabor, from Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, was on the 16:57 at Wellingborough heading to the capital to celebrate her birthday.She says she had her eyes closed and headphones in when the collision happened."We left Bedford station and there was a massive bang... I didn't know what was going on; my head hit the seat in front of me," she said."I opened my eyes and that's when I saw people on the floor with blood everywhere."The carriage doors had jammed and would not open, she added.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 passenger's details while some were taken to hospital. "Some people are spitting out blood", he said.Brett Byatt described the serious injuries he saw onboard the trainBrett Byatt, another passenger onboard, said: "I knew something was up because the train never slows down from Bedford to Luton, and I felt it break."...