At least four people were killed when a passenger train collided head on with a freight train in the Czech city of Pardubice, according to rescue services.
Four people died and more than two dozen were injured after a passenger train collided with a freight train late on Wednesday in the Czechcity of Pardubice, the regional governor said.
“A head-on collision between a RegioJet train and a freight train claimed several lives and left dozens injured,” Martin Netolicky, governor of the Pardubice region, said on Facebook.
Firefighters, paramedics and doctors, as well as at least one rescue helicopter, were deployed to the scene of the accident, some 100 kilometers east of the capital Prague.
Some 23 people were injured in the collision, according to Interior Minister Vit Rakusan.
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Firefighters, paramedics and doctors, as well as at least one rescue helicopter, were deployed to the scene of the accident, some 100 kilometers east of the capital Prague.
The fast train, operated by RegioJet, was traveling overnight from Prague to Kosice in eastern Slovakia, the Railway Administration said.
The accident occurred shortly before 23:00 (2100 GMT) near the main train station in Pardubice, Czech TV reported.
Many Ukrainians use the line on their way to the town of Chop in Ukraine’s southwestern Zakarpattia region that borders Slovakia.
Transport Minister Martin Kupka said a major track between Prague and the eastern part of the country had to be shut down while authorities investigate the collision.
The Czech government plans to implement the European Train Control System (ETCS) throughout the entire rail network to improve safety.
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Our train network is held to high standards, or so I thought. Very disturbing.
