Images from a CCTV camera on the train show a signal near the scene of the crash “was displaying a red aspect as the train approached and then passed it,” the RAIB said. Caption: BEDFORD, UNITED KINGDOM – JUNE 20: Officials work at the site of two East Midlands Railway (EMR) trains which crashed into each other in Bedford, United K????ngdom on June 20, 2026. One person has died and several others were injured in a collision involving two passenger trains near Bedford. (Photo by
Jacqueline Lawrie/Anadolu via Getty Images)Photographer: AnadoluProvider: Anadolu via Getty ImagesSource: Anadolu Caption: Undated family handout photo issued by the British Transport Police of train driver Shaun Burton, 60, who died when two trains collided near Bedford on Friday. The 60-year-old died when the East Midlands Railway (EMR) train he was driving crashed into the back of another on the same line shortly after 5pm on Friday. Issue date: Sunday June 21, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Family Handout/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This
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Red signal and trains still hit?? how does that even happen.
So the CCTV shows red, then the article says it passed it. That sounds like someone ignored it or the system glitched. I don’t know, I feel bad for the driver.
Wait, was this in the US or UK? Bedford is in England right? But like… if it displayed red as it approached, doesn’t that mean they were warned? Maybe the train camera is wrong or they misread the footage. Trains shouldn’t be able to override a red like that.
RAIB saying the signal was red is gonna get blamed on everybody in the comments anyway. I keep thinking about those old stories where tech fails and the driver gets thrown under the bus. Also like “passed it”?? that part is weird, if it passed a red then what, the track system didn’t stop it. I’m just saying stuff doesn’t add up.