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.

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said in an interim report that Burton’s train proceeded past a red signal near the scene of the crash in Elstow, near Bedford at 17:15 BST on Friday.

It added that “it is not yet possible to say what indication the driver received” from automatic warning system (AWS) equipment fitted to the train.

The RAIB has found the stationary train had come to a stop “unexpectedly” because of a fault with its Automatic Warning System (AWS) equipment.

Data suggests the signal behind the stationary train was red, according to investigators.

The Corby train passed this red signal, its brakes were activated for about nine seconds before the collision, when the train was travelling at about 76 mph.

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