Transportation difficulties - Multiple fatalities in train accident in Czech Republic.
In the Czech town of Pardubice, a passenger train ran into a freight train, causing four fatalities and multiple injuries, says a spokesperson for the rescue teams on public TV. An official from the railway fire brigade added that more than a dozen people suffered injuries, some of them severely. A horde of emergency responders, like firefighters, paramedics, physicians, and a rescue helicopter, rushed to the scene, located approximately 100 kilometers east of Prague.
Pictures show that one of the carriages of the passenger train, sitting right behind the locomotive, popped off the tracks and took a beating. The train was a night express operated by the private railway company Regiojet, journeying from Prague to Kosice, Slovakia. Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan and Transport Minister Martin Kupka are en route to the accident scene, Rakusan posted on the network X.
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- According to reports on Czech television, the train crash in Pardubice was the second major accident on Czech railroads within a month.
- Vit Rakusan, the Czech Interior Minister, condemned the train crash on social media, calling for an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident.
- The footage of the train crash was broadcast on various television networks across the Czech Republic and neighboring countries, causing concern and shock among viewers.
- Traffic on the railroad between Prague and Kosice was disrupted for several hours due to the train crash, leading to delays and cancellations of passenger trains.
- The fire department in Prague sent additional resources to assist in the rescue efforts in Pardubice, as the city's resources were already stretched thin due to flooding incidents in southern regions.
- The accident could potentially lead to increased scrutiny of the railway safety measures in the Czech Republic, with some calling for stricter regulations to prevent such accidents in the future.
