London, June 20: Nine people were in critical condition on Saturday after a collision between two passenger trains in central England the night before, killing the driver of one of the locomotives, police said.
British Transport Police Chief Constable Lucy D’Orsi said more than 80 people were treated in hospitals after the crash late Friday afternoon, and 28 remained hospitalised a day later.
Buckingham Palace said King Charles III “is greatly saddened” by the crash. It said, “his thoughts and sympathies are with the family of the deceased and with all those injured or affected by such a tragic incident.”
Police and accident investigators are working to understand why a commuter train bound for London’s St Pancras Station slammed into the back of another train headed for the same destination on Friday afternoon.
Two freight trains collide in Germany; 1 dead
Two freight trains collided on a railway bridge in Germany overnight, officials said Saturday, sending two wagons plunging off the bridge and onto the street below. One person was killed in the crash. (AP)
