A Fatal Incident Left 7 People Dead in Slovakian

Picture courtesy: (Reuters) Caption: Rescue workers at the scene of the accident near Nove Zamky in Slovakia.

(The Post News)- On Thursday, June 27, Slovakian officials announced that the incident left 7 people dead, the incident happened when a train travelling from the Czech capital of Prague through the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia, leaving seven people dead.

The Slovakian railway company ZSSK stated that the incident happened shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday around the town of Nove Zamky, which is located around 80 km east of the capital Bratislava.

According to Slovakia’s rescue service, those who lost their lives were on the bus; however, the 200 people on the Eurocity train were safe.

At least five people who were injured, including the drivers of the bus and the train, were rushed to the nearest town and city hospitals because the local one was closed on Thursday due to flooding from heavy rain during the night.

Petra Klimesova, a spokesperson for the rescue service, said that there is a possibility that the number of people killed in the accident could increase.

The train is known as the regular EuroCity 279 service, travelling between Prague and Budapest through Bratislava.

Czech Railways said the actions of its driver had stopped so many injuries to train passengers by taking prompt action to avoid derailment.

According to unconfirmed Slovak media reports, the level crossing had lights and barriers, but these had been left out of operation because of the recent storm.

It is unclear whether they were operating properly during the incident. Slovak Railways has said nothing regarding the claims.

Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok, who went to the scene, stated that on social media, a small inattention is enough to change life in a hundredth of a second forever.

Passenger Katarina Molnarova said that after she left Nove Zamky station, she heard a crash and bang.
Another passenger, a 43-year-old cosmetician, said that after a few minutes, they were able to leave the train, but the frontal part of the train was burning.

She added that passengers were not “screaming or panicking”; they just took their luggage and walked to the road.

Five ambulances and three air ambulances were waiting on the scene to assist with emergency services.

President Peter Pellegrini, attending a summit of European Union leaders, was deeply hurt about the transparency, sending his condolences to the relatives of those who lost their lives.

He wished a speedy recovery to those who were injured and to the doctors and rescue teams for doing their work, hoping that such catastrophes won’t happen to Slovakia in the future.

Authorities in Slovakia are currently busy investigating what would have caused the incident.