{"text":[[{"start":7.2,"text":"One person died and 89 were injured on Friday after two trains collided on the Midland Main Line, in the UK’s first fatal rail crash in nearly two years."}],[{"start":17.85,"text":"Operator East Midlands Railway said the crash, at Elstow, just south of Bedford, happened when the 4.40pm Corby to London St Pancras commuter train collided with the 3.50pm Nottingham to London St Pancras service."}],[{"start":32.1,"text":"British Transport Police, which covers Great Britain’s railways, said the crash happened at about 5.15pm."}],[{"start":38.6,"text":"“We know that a number of people have been injured and one person has very sadly died,” the force said."}],[{"start":45.300000000000004,"text":"The East of England Ambulance Service said that, in addition to the fatality, 11 people were “very seriously injured” and 22 “seriously injured”, while a further 56 people had minor injuries."}],[{"start":57.85000000000001,"text":"Commenting online, people who were travelling on the train from Nottingham said it braked suddenly before the crash. The train coming from Corby then collided with its rear."}],[{"start":67.00000000000001,"text":"Train drivers’ union Aslef confirmed that the dead person was one of the train drivers. Pictures from the scene showed that the cab of the train from Corby was crushed in the impact but the two trains largely remained upright. "}],[{"start":81.45000000000002,"text":"Both trains were operated by East Midlands Railway, part of the private Transport UK group."}],[{"start":87.90000000000002,"text":"BTP Deputy Chief Constable Stuart Cundy said: “We’ve declared a major incident and a significant emergency service response is ongoing.”"}],[{"start":97.25000000000001,"text":"The Rail Accident Investigation Branch, which investigates the causes of train crashes, said it had sent a team of investigators to the scene."}],[{"start":105.35000000000001,"text":"The collision is the first crash to kill people travelling on trains in the UK since a head-on crash between two passenger trains on a section of single track at Talerddig in Powys in October 2024. That crash killed one passenger."}],[{"start":120.00000000000001,"text":"The Nottingham train was part of a fleet of trains built by Japan’s Hitachi for operator East Midlands Railway and brought into service less than a year ago. The Corby train was of a type built by Germany’s Siemens more than 20 years ago."}],[{"start":135.75,"text":"The collision entirely closed the busy Midland main line linking London St Pancras to Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield. The line also carries Thameslink services from south London and Brighton to Luton and Bedford."}],[{"start":148.05,"text":"Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said his thoughts were with the family of the person who lost their life."}],[{"start":154.3,"text":"New safeguards were introduced on Great Britain’s railways in the early 2000s to ensure trains would be brought to a safe halt if they passed a signal showing red. The measures have nearly eliminated fatalities to people travelling on trains."}],[{"start":168.55,"text":"Before the Talerddig incident, the last crash to kill people travelling on trains in the UK was at Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, when a train hit a landslip and derailed, killing three people in August 2020."}],[{"start":187.45,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1781925010_2121.mp3"}