One dead, several injured in London train crash

Two trains collided north of London on Friday, leaving at least one person dead, police said. Police said the accident took place at around 5.15 pm (local time) and involved two East Midlands Railway trains.

“We know that a number of people have been injured and one person has very sadly died,” police said in a statement. Emergency services rushed to the scene of the collision, and photos posted on social media showed victims with bandages around their heads. The trains collided south of the town of Bedfordshire on lines connecting St Pancras station in central London to communities in central England. “I felt like I’d been in a bomb explosion,” witness Peter Knapp, who was in the front carriage of one of the trains involved in the collision, told the BBC. He described seeing “bloodied faces” – people with what appeared to be broken legs, and “smoke everywhere”. He also described seeing ambulances, fire engines and police at the scene.