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“The rear-end collision between two East Midlands trains in Bedford this year was the first fatal crash of that kind in 40 years in the UK, and occurred on a stretch of railway without automatic train operation, after the driver apparently failed to slow…”

“Train driver Shaun Burton, 60, died and more than 160 people were injured when his London-bound service crashed into the back of another train on 19 June at Elstow, near Bedford.”

“Survivors of a train crash near Bedford that claimed the life of a driver are calling for a safety system to be installed that they say could have averted disaster - after Network Rail opted not to install it following a safety review.”

“Shaun Burton, the 60-year-old driver of the moving train, was killed in the crash and more than 160 people were injured.”

“Some want the case reopened 'Justice has not been served,' says Richard Novak, a brother of one of the deceased Every morning, 78-year-old Richard Novak hears a passing train from his apartment in Bedford, N.S., and thinks of his late brother, Kenny.”