At least four people died and “dozens” of others were injured after a collision between a passenger train and a goods convoy this Wednesday June 5 in Pardubice, in the center of the Czech Republic.
A train accident took place on the night of Wednesday June 5 to Thursday June 6 in the Pardubice region, about a hundred kilometers east of Prague, in the center of the Czech Republic, local authorities announced. A report, communicated by a spokesperson for the Sprava Zelezni company, reports at least four deaths and “dozens of injured”.
Around 300 passengers
According to public television, the accident occurred shortly before 11 p.m. near Pardubice train station.
About 300 passengers, many of them foreigners, were on the train, she said, showing images of a derailed carriage and survivors boarding buses near Pardubice’s main station.
The train of the private company Regiojet linked Prague to the Ukrainian town of Chop, on the border with Slovakia. According to official timetables, the train left Prague this Wednesday at 9:52 p.m. and was due to leave Pardubice at 10:47 p.m. He was expected in Chop at 10:35 a.m. this Thursday after crossing Slovakia from west to east.
The freight train was carrying calcium carbide, fire department spokeswoman Vendula Horakova told state television. It is an industrial product used to make acetylene, a hydrocarbon often used as a welding fuel.
