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Train passed red signal before fatal crash - report
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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.
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