According to Blesk.cz, the driver of the passenger train did not respect the red light on the signal. According to spokeswoman Petra Effenbergerová, the rescuers have so far treated four seriously injured and, after the necessary treatment, transported them to Prague hospitals.
According to the Railway Inspectorate, the accident happened at 9:35 pm in Český Brod. A passenger train traveling from Prague-Masaryk railway station to Řečany nad Labem collided with a standing freight train. “According to initial information, there are a large number of injured on the spot and it is possible that they will be killed on the spot,” said Railway Inspector spokesman Martin Drápal.
Images from the crash site:
According to Czech Railways spokesman Radek Joklík, a passenger train traveling from Prague collided with a freight train, which stood in front of the entrance signal in Český Brod. Joklík added that the passenger train City Elefant České dráhy ran to the end of the freight express of the carrier ČD Cargo.
The passenger train derailed after the collision. Traffic on the line should be at least partially resumed by five o’clock in the morning, but the situation may change at night.
Video from the area around the accident:
On the same line between Prague and Kolín on Friday evening near Běchovice, a train without passengers crashed into a waiting express train, no one was injured. The railway inspectorate leans towards human error in determining the cause of the accident.
According to the previous investigation, the human error was also behind the collision of two passenger trains on the single-track line near Pernink in the Karlovy Vary region, in which two people died last week and another 24 were injured.
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