Passenger train was en route to Ukraine and carrying more than 300 people when it hit a freight train in city of Pardubice, officials say
Firefighters at the scene of a train crash in the city of Pardubice, Czech Republic. Four people were killed when a passenger train collided with a freight train.Firefighters at the scene of a train crash in the city of Pardubice, Czech Republic. Four people were killed when a passenger train collided with a freight train.
Footage after the crash on news website idnes.cz showed at least one carriage off the track, while police showed on their X social media account a line of emergency service vehicles and a helicopter. A spokesperson for the Railway Administration’s firefighters told Czech TV several were seriously injured.
Local fire brigade spokesperson Vendula Horakova told Czech TV the freight train was transporting calcium carbide. The country’s interior and transport ministers said they were headed to the accident scene, while prime minister Petr Fiala expressed his condolences to the victims on X.
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