Killed train driver was well-known community figure

'All of us are devastated by death of train driver'2 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLouise Parry,BedfordshireandMousumi BakshiBritish Transport PoliceShaun Burton died in the train crash near Bedford on FridayThe driver who was killed when two trains crashed near Bedford has been hailed as "a great stalwart of the local community".Shaun Burton, 60, died in Friday's collision between two London-bound services, in which 100 people were injured.Burton, who had previously been a parish and district councillor for The Stukeleys in Cambridgeshire, was a driver for East Midlands Railway (EMR)."I think all of us in the local community are just devastated as well as shocked at what happened," said Tom Sanderson, Huntingdon District Council member for The Stukeleys."We would see him, sometimes cycling to and from the station, working those unsociable hours that train drivers do."He did a tremendous amount for the community and all of us who had the pleasure of knowing Shaun will miss him greatly."Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander also paid tribute in the House of Commons on Monday.EPA/ShutterstockThe two London-bound trains collided on FridaySanderson said Burton was "very experienced and knowledgeable" when it came to trains."I know he enjoyed his work very much as well. I can't imagine what the family must be going through at the moment."He added that Burton had campaigned passionately over road safety in the village."Shaun was an expert on planning and wrote a lot of policies for the neighbourhood plan, and I think his legacy will live on for many years to come."He was just a very genuinely decent, down-to-earth person."He's the sort of person you'd want as your next-door neighbour... it was always good to see him."Mousumi Bakshi/BBCTom Sanderson says the local community has been left shocked by the death of Shaun BurtonWill Rogers, managing director at E...