Deaths, injuries as truck crashes into train in Hungary
The accident happened at a crossing in Mindszent near the Hungarian-Serbian border resulting in the death of five people, authorities say.
A train carriage was derailed carrying 22 passengers following the accident.
Five people were killed and more than 10 injured when a pick-up truck crashed into a train in southern Hungary derailing a carriage.
The accident happened on Tuesday at a crossing in Mindszent near the Hungarian-Serbian border shortly before 0500GMT, police said.
Five people in the truck were killed and there were injuries both among those in the truck and on the train, a police spokesperson told Reuters.
The truck was registered in Hungary and was carrying local workers, she added.
We are deeply saddened by the train crash in the 🇭🇺 #Mindszent, near the border with #Serbia, which claimed several lives.
— MFA Serbia 🇷🇸 (@MFASerbia) April 5, 2022
We express our sincere condolences to our colleagues from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the friendly people of #Hungary. 🇷🇸🇭🇺
Local news site delmagyar.hu showed a photograph with the train carriage on its side, and a helicopter ambulance and several ambulance cars at the scene.
The state railway company said a train on its way from Kiskunfelegyhaza to Hodmezovasarhely had crashed with a truck, derailing a carriage with 22 passengers, of whom two were severely injured and a further eight lightly injured.
The truck drove onto the tracks, ignoring the red lights, it said.
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