2024-06-05 23:07:55
At least four people died while 26 others were injured after a passenger train collided with a cargo train in the Czech Republic’s Pardubice on Wednesday evening, the regional governor said.
After the incident, rescue teams reached the spot and started evaluating the passengers.
In a post on microblogging site X, Czech Republic’s Prime Minister Petr Fiala expressed condolences and said, “The collision of two trains in Pardubice is a great misfortune. We are all thinking of the victims and the injured. My sincere condolences to all the bereaved.”
According to news agency Reuters, the crash occurred in Pardubice, part of the country’s main rail corridor from Prague to the east.
The passenger train was operated by rail company RegioJet, Martin Netolicky, governor of the Pardubice region, said on Facebook.
“A head-on collision between a RegioJet train and a freight train claimed several lives and left dozens injured,” he said.
Footage after the crash on news website idnes.cz showed at least one carriage off the track, while police showed on their X handle a line of emergency service vehicles and a helicopter.
A spokesperson for the railway department’s firefighters told Czech TV that several passengers were also seriously injured.
