One killed and dozens injured in train collision north of London

LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - ‌A train driver ​was ​killed and dozens more injured in a collision between two commuter services about 60 miles (100 ‌km) north of London on Friday afternoon.

East Midlands ⁠Railway, which operated both London-bound trains involved in the crash, confirmed ‌in a statement on ‌X on Saturday that the driver of one of the services had been killed.

A video posted on social ​media by one of the passengers showed what appeared to be the front of one train entangled ⁠with the back of another, with the carriages appearing to remain upright on ​the tracks.

The East of England Ambulance Service said that in addition to a person who ​died at the scene, 11 ‌people suffered very serious injuries, 22 were seriously injured and 56 had minor injuries.

"My thoughts ⁠are with the family of the person who has sadly lost their life, and with those who have been seriously ⁠injured," Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a statement.

The cause of ​the incident was not immediately known, and transport minister Heidi Alexander said an investigation was underway.

Peter Knapp, a doctor who said ‌on social media site Bluesky he was on board one of the trains, described a "sudden ‌crash" with one carriage off the rails and said ⁠he had sustained minor ‌injuries.

(Reporting by Sam ​Tabahriti; additional reporting by William James, Editing by Louise Heavens, Kate Holton, Edmund Klamann and Andrea ‌Ricci)

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