2 hours ago Passengers onboard the 2 trains that collided adjacent Bedford connected Friday day person told the BBC of the panic, injuries and wide disorder they witnessed successful the aftermath of the crash.
The East of England Ambulance Service said astir 90 radical had been injured, implicit 30 of them seriously.
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Teresa Itabor opened her eyes and saw "blood everywhere"
Teresa Itabor, from Wellingborough successful Northamptonshire, was connected the 16:57 astatine Wellingborough heading to the superior to observe her birthday.
She says she had her eyes closed and headphones successful erstwhile the collision happened.
"We near Bedford presumption and determination was a monolithic bang... I didn't cognize what was going on; my caput deed the spot successful beforehand of me," she said.
"I opened my eyes and that's erstwhile I saw radical connected the level with humor everywhere."
The carriage doors had jammed and would not open, she added.
Passenger Dr Peter Knapp told the BBC helium was travelling successful the "front carriage of the bid that collided into different one".
"When I got up, I saw each of the chairs everywhere. It felt similar I'd been successful a weaponry explosion.
"When I got up, I saw people's bloodied faces and people's legs looked breached and determination was fume everywhere", helium said.
Speaking from the broadside of the road, Knapp said the constabulary were taking passenger's details portion immoderate were taken to hospital. "Some radical are spitting retired blood", helium said.
Brett Byatt described the superior injuries helium saw onboard the train
Brett Byatt, different rider onboard, said: "I knew thing was up due to the fact that the bid ne'er slows down from Bedford to Luton, and I felt it break."
He said initially the bid had slowed gradually. "Then it was similar a boom, smash, and everyone that was sat down went flying into 1 another."
"There was a pistillate successful beforehand of maine that had wholly snapped her leg, and determination was a pistillate down her, they were benignant of connected apical of each other, she couldn't determination due to the fact that of her back".
"There was a feline further down the carriage that couldn't determination his neck, helium was laid connected the level and radical were holding him still".
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The collision was "like a large bang", Shola Mene said
Another passenger, Shola Mene, said the collision "was similar a large bang".
"Then radical flew from their seats, the seats were pulling, and past idiosyncratic conscionable flew crossed and deed my hubby successful the face.
"There was a batch of blood", she said. "A batch of radical had facial injuries."
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