A passenger praises a member of railway staff who, despite being in pain, helped the injured.

A ticket inspector who helped injured passengers, despite being hurt himself, after a fatal crash between two trains near Bedford has been described as a hero. Shaun Burton, the train's driver, was killed and about 100 people were injured when two East Midlands Railway (EMR) services to London St Pancras collided at about 17:15 BST on Friday. Praising the inspector's actions, Mareks Grabovskis said: "I could see he was in pain himself, but he was telling someone on the radio to close the lines, and checking if everyone else was OK." Disruption between London and Bedford is expected to last a week. The MP for Mid Bedfordshire, Blake Stephenson, said 600m (1968ft) of track would need replacing. Sarah Conboy, the leader of Huntingdon District Council, said she "was deeply saddened to hear of the tragic passing of Shaun Burton, a former Huntingdonshire District councillor, in the recent train crash". "His loss is profoundly felt, both by his family and across the local community he served," she added. She said Burton served as an Independent councillor for the Stukeleys ward from 2018 to 2022. Grabovskis, who had got on the 16:40 Corby train, said: "I was about to board the first carriage, but there were too many people because the train only had four carriages, so at the last second I moved to the last carriage."