Prague-to-Budapest train collides with bus in Slovakia, killing 7 people and injuring 5

A train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a local bus in southern Slovakia on June 27, leaving at least seven people dead and five injured, officials said, Report informs referring to AP.

Some 200 people were aboard the Eurocity train when the accident took place shortly after 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) near the town of Nove Zamky, police and the Slovak railway company ZSSK said.

The deaths and injuries were confirmed by Slovakia’s rescue service, and ZSSK said none of the deaths were aboard the train.

Video footage showed that the engine of the train was on fire, and railway officials said the bus was badly damaged in the crash and broken into two parts.

Interior Minister Matus Sutai Estok visited the scene of the accident. He said the dead were not immediately identified.

The major train track linking Slovakia’s capital, Bratislava, with Budapest was to remain closed until at least 4 a.m. (0200 GMT). The stranded passengers aboard the stricken train were being transported by buses to the town of Sturovo on the Hungarian border, ZSSK said.

The bus driver survived the crash.

A Slovak train crash with a bus killed five people and injured at least five others, emergency services said, Report informs referring to Reuters.

"According to information from intervening crews, five people suffered injuries that they were unable to survive, and at least five other people are injured," emergency services said on Facebook.

The collision occurred near Nove Zamky, 110 km east of the capital Bratislava, as the international train traveled from Prague to Budapest, according to local media.