BBC Radio London Presenter Returns After Train Crash That Killed Driver and Injured 162

uk reported. Good was traveling from Market Harborough to London St Pancras on June 19 when a London-bound express service struck a stationary passenger train from behind near Elstow, Bedfordshire. East Midlands Railway driver Shaun Burton was killed in the crash.

A total of 162 people were injured, and 102 required hospital treatment. The express train passed a red signal shortly before impact. Good told listeners that the carriage fell silent after the impact, with passengers in deep shock, and that phones began issuing crash alerts with sirens immediately afterward.

A guard managed the evacuation after passengers ended up on the floor with items falling on them. The partially rolled carriage required passengers to jump down to a nearby field. The line remained blocked with the train at the site for over a week.

Good praised NHS staff at Bedford Hospital and University College Hospital in London. Doctors and nurses rushed in off-shift or returned from leave after seeing the incident on evening news. "They said they'd trained for this for 11 years...

And they said, 'we never thought we'd have to do it, to practice it'. But it was like clockwork," she stated. Sara David, editor of BBC Radio London, said the station was relieved to have Jo Good back.

"All of the team at Radio London and her listeners have been wishing her well. We are so utterly grateful she's okay," David stated. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch continues its probe into the collision.