Several dead in Czech train accident

STORY: :: Police and fire department respond to a

Fatal train accident in the Czech Republic

:: Czech Police via X

:: Published on June 5, 2024

:: Given as Pardubice, Czech Republic

:: A passenger train collided with a freight train,

according to the local governor

:: Jiří Sejkora

Emergency services are on site, police said, and police officers are in the process of evacuating passengers.

The accident occurred in Pardubice, a section of the country’s main railway line from Prague to the east.

The passenger train was operated by the railway company RegioJet, said Martin Netolicky, governor of the Pardubice region, on Facebook.

“Several people were killed and dozens injured in a head-on collision between a RegioJet train and a freight train,” he said.

Footage of the accident posted on news website idnes.cz showed at least one train carriage standing next to the track, while police showed a number of emergency vehicles and a helicopter on their social media account X.