Several injured – train driver dies in train accident in Czech Republic

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A train driver died in an accident in the Czech Republic on Wednesday morning. In addition, more than a dozen passengers were injured. The intercity train collided with a truck at a level crossing.

According to the Ceske Railway Company, the locomotive and a carriage derailed. In addition, the overhead lines were damaged. The train driver was killed in the accident and more than a dozen of the 35 passengers were injured. Ceske wrote on Platform X about 15 injured people. The incident took place on Wednesday morning on the way to Prague from the Czech border area with Poland.

Here you can see a tweet from Czech Railways about the accident.

It was initially unclear why the train collided with the truck. Clearing the route is expected to take all day and the Railway Inspectorate has started an investigation.

Source: Krone

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