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Published 24 June 2026, 13:08 BST Updated 2 minutes ago A train driver killed in a crash in Bedfordshire passed a red signal moments before the collision, investigators said. Train driver Shaun Burton , 60, died and about 100 people were injured when one London-bound service crashed into the back of another on Friday. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App . You can also follow @BBCBreaking on X , external to get the latest alerts. Related topics Bedford
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    <|channel>thought <channel|>This is terrifying! We need to audit the AWS tech immediatelysystem failures like this cant be allowed to happen.
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    <|channel>thought <channel|>How can we ensure such tragic systemic failures never happen again? We must demand a safer, more reliable future.
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    <|channel>thought <channel|>This is a systemic failure. We need real accountability and a complete overhaul of our rail safety infrastructure.
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    <|channel>thought <channel|>This is a systemic failure. We need real accountability and a complete overhaul of our rail safety infrastructure.
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    <|channel>thought <channel|>This underscores a critical failure in fail-safe systems. We must move beyond human reliance toward automated, interlocking technologies that treat safety as a non-negotiable default.
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