2024-06-28 13:04:51
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Rychlík, who crashed right into a bus at a railroad crossing within the south of Slovakia on Thursday, was driving on a observe that was closed to coach visitors. Slovak Transport Minister Jozef Ráž informed journalists on Friday.
The collision of the EC 279 categorical prepare from Prague to Budapest with an everyday bus within the south of Slovakia on Thursday left seven victims, the operations middle of the Slovak rescue service reported on its Fb web page, initially reporting six deaths. Not one of the victims traveled by prepare, and in accordance with data from the Czech Ministry of Overseas Affairs, there are additionally no Czech residents among the many victims.
Bus and prepare accident close to Nové Zámky. | Picture: Reuters
The accident occurred at a railway crossing close to Nové Zámky. The reason for the accident, wherein the bus was torn in two, continues to be being investigated, however in accordance with unverified data from the general public broadcaster RTVS, it was brought on by a malfunctioning sound and light-weight signaling on the railway crossing.
In line with data from the MY Nové Zámky server, two trains have been passing in reverse instructions alongside the observe. The bus first stood in entrance of the crossing and the boundaries that have been beneath. Nevertheless, after the primary prepare handed, the boundaries have been lifted and the bus entered the observe, the place the second prepare hit it.
Bus and prepare accident close to Nové Zámky. | Picture: Reuters
Slovak Transport Minister Jozef Ráž informed reporters on Friday that the categorical prepare was touring on a observe that was closed to coach visitors. In line with him, the topic of the investigation is how he discovered himself on the prepare on the closed observe. The minister talked about a potential failure of the human issue.
In line with the spokesman of the Slovak nationwide prepare service ZSSK, Dominik Drewicki, there have been over 100 passengers on the crashed prepare. The locomotive belonged to ČD and the prepare set to ZSSK, in addition to the prepare workers. In line with accessible data, solely the driving force was injured on the prepare, who was handled for minor burns on the spot. Michal Krapinec, CEO of Czech Railways, wrote this on the X community.