VIDEO | Train collision in Czechoslovakia leaves 4 dead. More than 20 injured
A terrible train accident occurred yesterday evening in Czechoslovakia, about a hundred kilometers from Prague: two trains collided head-on
ROME – A passenger train and a freight train collided yesterday evening in Pardubice, about one hundred kilometers east of Prague, in Czechoslovakia. The news was spread on X by the Czechoslovak Police and also by Interior Minister Vit Rakusan, who went to the site of the accident together with Transport Minister Martin Kupka. According to what we understand, the collision head-on was a freight trainand a night express train, headed for the Ukrainian town of Chop, on which around 300 people were travelling /strong>. By midnight, 36 units of professional and volunteer firefighters arrived on site.
V Pardubicích došlo ke srážce osobního a nákladního vlaku. In the first place, I can probably see the IZS slot, by the traumatized one, in the first place I can see a lot of things. #policiepak pic.twitter.com/P4EHlAAYQD
— Policie ČR (@PolicieCZ) June 5, 2024
AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN OPENED
The causes of the accident are still to be ascertained. The Police explains that “a criminal proceeding has been initiated” on the hypothesis of public danger due to negligence.
Na místě stále probíhají vyprošťovací a záchranné práce. Policisté začali s evakuací cestujících z vlaku. #policiepak pic.twitter.com/YOVvJry3wm
— Policie ČR (@PolicieCZ) June 5, 2024
PHOTOS OF THE FIREFIGHTERS:
Informace k železniční nehodě v Pardubicích zde: https:/ /t.co/2kxR2gA4nR pic.twitter.com/AplVdmtilS
— HZS Pardubický kraj (@HZS_Pardubice) June 6, 2024