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Several dead after train hits car in southern Hungary
Several people have died after a train ploughed into a car on railway tracks in southern Hungary. It happened at Mindszent, 140 kilometres south-east of the capital Budapest, just before 07h00 on Tuesday, 5 April 2022. Police said a light truck drove onto the rails and was hit by a train travelling between Szentes to Hódmezővásárhely. Seven men were traveling in the truck at the time of the collision. Five of them were killed and two others taken to hospital with serious head and limb injuries, the police said. "The train derailed from the force of the collision," police said in a statement. "Several were injured in the accident and several died at the scene." Ten ambulances and a helicopter were dispatched to the scene, according to a spokesperson for the National Ambulance Service.
The truck was registered in Hungary and was carrying local workers, she added. The state railway company said the train on its way from Kiskunfelegyhaza to Hodmezovasarhely had crashed with a truck, derailing a carriage with 22 passengers, of whom two were severely injured and a further eight lightly injured. The truck drove onto the tracks, ignoring the red lights, it said. The Csongrad-Csanad county police said they had closed the entire width of the road during the on-site inspection and rescue. Traffic was diverted to surrounding streets. Sources: Euro News, Reuters, Washington Post |
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