Tragic Train Collision in Pardubice: 4 Dead, 26 Injured

A tragic train collision in Pardubice, Czech Republic, left four dead and 26 injured after a passenger train operated by RegioJet collided with a freight train. Rescue services and police were on site, evacuating passengers. Interior and transport ministers, along with the Prime Minister, addressed the situation.

(Updates death toll in paragraph 1; adds police, emergency service, regional governor comment, details throughout) PRAGUE, June 6 (Reuters) -

Four people died and 26 were injured after a passenger train collided with a freight train in the Czech city of Pardubice on Wednesday evening, the regional governor said. Rescue services were on the scene, the police said, and police were evacuating passengers.

The crash occurred in Pardubice, part of the country's main rail corridor from Prague to the east. The passenger train was operated by rail company RegioJet, Martin Netolicky, governor of the Pardubice region, said on Facebook.

"A head-on collision between a RegioJet train and a freight train claimed several lives and left dozens injured," he said. Footage after the crash on news website idnes.cz showed at least one carriage off the track, while police showed on their X social media account a line of emergency service vehicles and a helicopter.

A spokesperson for the Railway Administration's firefighters told Czech TV several were seriously injured. The country's interior and transport ministers said they were headed to the accident scene, while Prime Minister Petr Fiala expressed his condolences to the victims on X.

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