At least four people died. Dozens of people were injured; There were children among the victims.
In the Czech city of Pardubice on the evening of June 5, passenger train RegioJet 1021, bound for Chop in Ukraine, collided with a ČD Cargo freight train. As a result of the accident, four people died and dozens were injured, iDNES reports.
The spokesman for the train fire management, Martin Kavka, in his response to a request from the CT24 television channel, reported “two dead and dozens of injured, some of them in serious condition .” However, an hour after midnight, the spokeswoman for the Pardubice rescue service, Jelena Kisiala, said that four people died as a result of the collision. Among the dozens of victims were children.
Helicopters were involved in the rescue operation: the first arrived around 11:30 local time, the next one an hour later.
It is reported that 36 units of professional firefighters and volunteers are working at the scene of the collision.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala expressed his condolences to all the victims.
Earlier, in the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation, a freight train was derailed due to a UAV attack.
A freight train crushed a car near Dzhankoy
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Source: korrespondent
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