4 dead, dozens injured in Czech train crash

YEREVAN, JUNE 6, ARMENPRESS. Four people died and 27 were hospitalized after a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train late on Wednesdayin the Czech city of Pardubice, Deutsche Welle reports citing the regional governor.

The fast train, operated by RegioJet, was traveling overnight from Prague to Kosice in eastern Slovakia, the Railway Administration said.

The accident occurred shortly before 23:00 (2100 GMT) near the main train station in Pardubice, Czech TV reported.

According to iDNES news outlet, around 380 passengers were on board.Firefighters, paramedics and doctors, as well as 2 rescue helicopters, have been deployed atthe scene of the accident, some 100 kilometers east of Prague.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fialaexpressed his "sincere condolences to all the bereaved" in a post on social media platform X.