A pathologist testifies that the train driver who died in last month’s rail crash in Bedfordshire died from traumatic injuries affecting the brainstem and the chest. The evidence is given at an inquest into the driver’s death, following the Bedford incident reported by multiple outlets. Details of the cause of death are described as “traumatic injuries” rather than complications unrelated to the crash. The crash happened near Elstow in Bedfordshire and involved two East Midlands Railway services travelling to London St Pancras. One train was bound for London from Nottingham, while another was travelling to London from Corby. Sources agree on the location and the type of injuries cited by medical evidence. The accounts also focus on the pathologist’s determination of the driver’s cause of death, with the reporting reflecting that the medical findings relate directly to injuries sustained in the collision. No outlet included additional findings on operational or safety causes in the material provided.