Two trains met head-on in the Czech city of Pardubice on Wednesday evening, killing at least four people and injuring 23, Czech Television reported.
The crash came at around 11 p.m. local time (2100 GMT). A passenger train running from Prague to Kosice, in eastern Slovakia, collided with a freight train. Local rescuers said more than 300 people were aboard the passenger service. Photos from the scene showed its first carriage derailed and partly overturned.
Both drivers survived. Czech Television said the collision might have happened “due to an error” by the driver of the passenger train. It later reported that every passenger had been got out of the train.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala responded on X, formerly Twitter. “The collision of two trains in Pardubice is a great misfortune,” he wrote. “We are all thinking of the victims and the injured. My sincere condolences to all the bereaved.”
The Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic released photos of crews working at the site.
