PARDUBICE CITY, Czechoslovakia
Four people died and more than two dozen were injured after a passenger train collided with a freight train late on Wednesday in the Czech city 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, have been deployed
at the scene of the accident, some 100 kilometers east of Prague.
The country's interior and
transport ministers said they were headed to the accident scene, while
Czech Prime
Minister, Petr Fiala expressed his "sincere condolences to all
the bereaved" in a post on social media platform X.
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.
As per Fire Rescue Services,
over 300 passengers were on board.
Many of the passengers were
foreigners, Czech TV said.
Footage on local media showed
at least one carriage off the track after the crash.
While passengers were being
ushered into buses near the Pardubice main station, Czech TV said.
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.
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