Seven people were killed when the EC 279 express train from Prague to Budapest collided with a regular bus in the south of Slovakia on Thursday, the operations center of the Slovak Rescue Service said on its Facebook page; Six people were initially reported dead. None of the victims were traveling on the train, and according to information from the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, none of the victims were Czech citizens.
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7 people died in an accident between a train and a bus in Slovakia Photo: TASR/Profimedia
The accident happened at a railway crossing near Nové Zámky. The cause of the accident in which the bus was torn in two is still being investigated, but according to unverified information from public broadcaster RTVS, it was caused by a malfunction of the sound and light signal at the railway crossing.
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According to information from the MY Nové Zámky server, two trains were traveling in opposite directions on the track. The bus first stopped in front of the crossing and the barricades below. However, after the first train passed, the barriers were removed and the bus entered the tracks, where it was hit by the second train. However, Slovak authorities have not yet commented on information on the progress of the accident.
Dominik Trevicki, a spokesman for Slovak national rail carrier ZSSK, said more than 100 passengers were on board the train that crashed. The locomotive is owned by ČD and the train and train staff set up by ZSSK.
According to available information, only the driver of the train was injured and he was treated at the scene for minor burns. That’s on the X network He wrote Michal Krapinec, CEO of Czech Railways.
Slovak President Peter Pellegrini expressed his condolences to the victims.
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