Two trains crashed in Slovakia, injuring several passengers, after one among them allegedly ran a red light.
Eleven people were taken to hospital, while dozens were evenly injured, in response to interior minister Matus Sutaj Estok, who spoke from the crash site.
The accident happened near Pezinok, a town within the Bratislava region, at around 7.30pm on Sunday.
It is known one among the trains ran a red light and crashed into the back of one other.
‘Based on preliminary information, there was no head-on collision of trains, nor was there a train derailment,’ police said on Facebook.
Mr Estok said there have been around 800 people onboard the trains, lots of them students.
A lot of hours after the crash, a spokesperson for University Hospital Bratislava said two patients were undergoing surgery they usually expect this number to extend, reports The Mirror.
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‘That is a unprecedented incident,’ said Ivan Bednarok, head of Slovak railway service ZSR.
‘Considered one of the trains was in a spot it shouldn’t have been. I won’t speculate before the investigation is complete, however it clearly ran a red signal, leaving a stop where it shouldn’t have, and the second express train collided with it from behind at an estimated speed of over 100 km/h.’
A passenger told Slovak outlet Aktuality.sk: ‘I used to be going from Piestany to Bratislava, I exploit it often.
‘After about quarter-hour of travelling, we were all thrown forward when the train stopped. Only a mounted table stopped me from slamming my whole body into the girl sitting across from me.’
Based on passenger reports, an emergency call was put out on one among the trains asking any doctors on board to go to the primary carriage, where people were in a ‘pretty bad condition’.
Police tested each drivers for drugs and alcohol, but each got here back negative.
Posting on Facebook, Prime Minister Robert Fico urged people to deal with the injured and avoid spreading speculation or hatred.
The incident is the second train crash in Slovakia up to now month.
Two trains collided in eastern Slovakia on October 13, injuring 91 people.
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