One dead, dozens injured in train accident near Prague

One person was killed on Tuesday evening in a collision between a passenger train and a freight train near Prague that left up to 35 others were injured.

It is the second deadly train accident in the Czech Republic in a short span. Last week, two trains collided head on in the Karlovy Vary region, killing two people and injuring many more.

According to the emergency services, two people suffered serious injuries in Tuesday’s accident, between the towns of Český Brod and Uvaly, about 30 kilometres from Prague.

Minister of Transport Karel Havlíček said the driver of the CityElefant passenger train had probably disregarded a stop signal when it struck a postal train idling on the track. He died at the scene.