{"id":16456,"date":"2026-06-19T21:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16456"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:01:53","slug":"two-trains-collide-north-of-london-killing-at-least-one-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16456","title":{"rendered":"Two trains collide north of London, killing at least one person"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By DANICA KIRKA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LONDON (AP) \u2014 Emergency services rushed to the scene of a collision between two trains north of London on Friday afternoon that killed at least one person. A passenger reported that he was thrown forward by the impact then saw fellow travelers with broken bones and bloody injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16454\">Men\u2019s College World Series: North Carolina seeks 1st title vs. surging Oklahoma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both trains were traveling south to London St. Pancras station when they collided outside the town of Bedford around 5:15 p.m., according to information on rail tracking websites. Emergency services deployed a number of resources to the scene including an air ambulance and hazardous incident team from the East of England Ambulance Service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that a number of people have been injured and one person has very sadly died,\u2019\u2019 police said in a statement. \u201cA major incident has been declared, and officers are continuing to respond at the scene alongside colleagues from Bedfordshire Police and the local Fire and Rescue and Ambulance Services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Knapp said he was a passenger in the rear train when the collision occurred without any warning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a moment of being flung into the chair in front, and then I saw smoke,\u201d Knapp said. \u201cPeople were crying, screaming. 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The company said it had cancelled all trains to and from St. Pancras for the rest of Friday and it was unable to confirm the schedule for Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16450\">President Donald Trump unveils the new Air Force One, a converted Qatari jet<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major incident was declared after two passenger trains collided north of London on Friday, resulting in at least one death and multiple injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two trains collide north of London, killing at least one person - 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