Train driver named after fatal crash on Friday

The train driver who sadly passed away in the collision near Bedford on Friday, 19 June, has been named as 60-year-old Shaun Burton.

Mr Burton was at the controls of an East Midlands Railway service travelling from Corby to London when it struck the rear of another train heading from Nottingham to London.

In a statement, his family said they were “devastated by his loss” and extended their sympathies to all those affected by the crash.

"We are devastated by his loss. Our thoughts are also with those affected by this incident," the family said in a statement released by the British Transport Police, along with a photograph of Mr Burton while asking for privacy as they begin to come to terms with their grief.

The East of England Ambulance Service (EEAS) confirmed that the incident resulted in injuries to 100 people, with 11 seriously wounded and 57 sustaining minor injuries.

Buckingham Palace said King Charles was "greatly saddened" by the rail crash and that his "thoughts and sympathies are with the family of the deceased and with all those injured of affected by such a tragic incident".

The full investigation into this incident could take several months to complete.

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