– Six dead in collision between train and bus
Several people died in a collision between a train and a bus in southern Slovakia on Thursday.
Published: 06/27/2024, 10:33 p.m.
Local media published a video showing passengers next to a partially burning train.
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Six people were killed and five others injured Thursday in a collision between a train and a bus at a level crossing in southern Slovakia, emergency services announced.
“Six people died from their injuries,” the Slovak rescue service said, updating a previous report that put the death toll at five. “At least five people were injured,” the service added on Facebook. Railway company spokeswoman Vladimira Bahylova told AFP that the Eurocity train was travelling from Prague to Budapest.
Petra Klimesova, a spokeswoman for the rescue services, said the injured needed “immediate medical assistance”. “I fear that the number of people killed in this accident will increase,” she told AFP.
“The locomotive caught fire”
The accident occurred shortly after 5 p.m. near the town of Nove Zamky, in the southwest of the country, the CTK news agency said. Railway spokesperson Vladimira Bahylova told AFP that the train driver “suffered from burns because the locomotive caught fire.”
She said the collision occurred at a level crossing protected by barriers and equipped with light signals. Local media published a video showing passengers next to a partially burning train, as thick gray smoke rose into the sky.
“The front part of the train was on fire”
One passenger, Katarina Molnarova, told AFP she “felt and heard a shock and a bang” as the train left Nove Zamky station. “After a few minutes we were able to get off… We saw that the front part of the train was on fire,” said the 43-year-old beautician from the southern town of Sturovo.
“There was no screaming or panic… We took our luggage and walked to the road… I saw parts of the bus that had been scattered during the impact.” Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok and Deputy Police Chief Rastislav Polakovic visited the scene of the incident, police said on Facebook.
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