The head-on crash took place late on Wednesday night in the city of Pardubice, 62 miles east of Prague.
A passenger train has collided head-on with a freight train in the Czech Republic, killing at least four people and injuring 27 others, officials said.
Interior minister Vit Rakusan said the crash happened late on Wednesday in the city of Pardubice, about 62 miles east of Prague.A passenger train collided head-on with a freight train in Pardubice Rescuers said 380 passengers were on the train heading for the city of Kosice in eastern Slovakia and then to Chop across the border in Ukraine.
It was only partially reopened nine hours later and the state-run Czech Railways advised that passengers should avoid using the route for the whole day. It added that the line is likely to remain closed on Friday.“We can’t and won’t speculate about the cause of the accident,” Mr Kupka said.Prime Minister Petr Fiala called the crash a tragedy and offered his condolences to the families of those killed.
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