Express train from Munich collides with another train near Bavaria's border - at least two dead

Train accident in the Czech Republic: two passenger trains collided in the Czech Republic on Wednesday morning.

At least two people died.

There are dozens of people injured.

• A serious train accident in the Czech Republic occurred on Wednesday morning (August 4th) at 8 a.m.

• Two passenger trains collided.

  A train came from Munich.

• At least two people were killed in the train accident and dozens were injured.

Domazlice - Two passenger trains collided in the Czech Republic on Wednesday morning. At least two people were killed in the train accident, tweeted the Czech police. 38 people were injured, seven of them are in critical condition, the CTK agency reported on Wednesday, citing the rescue workers. 

A train from the private German provider Länderbahn (alex) is involved in the serious train accident in the Czech Republic.

The alex train was on the Munich-Prague route, as the company announced on Wednesday morning.

Numerous rescue services and the emergency managers of České Drahy (CD) are active on site.

The traffic of the alex is operated on the Czech side under the responsibility of the CD.

The company did not initially provide any further information about the accident.

However, the Länderbahn set up a special hotline on 0341-9135 4040.

Train accident in the Czech Republic: at least two dead

According to the police, the accident occurred near Domazlice (Taus) in the southwest of the country near the border with Bavaria.

Shortly before eight o'clock, the two trains collided on the tracks in the village of Milavče in the Domažlice region.

"The situation is serious, I'm on my way to the scene of the accident"

One of the trains came from Munich and was on its way to Prague via Ceske Kubice.

The other train is a passenger train that runs between Pilsen and Domazlice.

Dozens of rescue workers were on site.

Three rescue helicopters and other ambulances have been requested.

Train accident in the Czech Republic: express train from Munich collides with a passenger train

"The situation is serious, I am on my way to the scene of the accident," tweeted Czech Transport Minister Karel Havlicek.

According to initial findings, the Munich-Prague express train passed a stop signal at Domazlice (Taus) near the German border.

He then collided with the local train, a so-called RegioShark.

The latter runs on the Pilsen-Domazlice route.

Apparently, the trains crashed head-on, as can be seen in photos on social media.

After train accident: route Munich-Pilsen-Prague closed

The operation of the train route is temporarily interrupted, informs the agency CTK.

There are alternative bus connections between Domažlice and Staňkov train stations.

According to travel information from Deutsche Bahn, the train connection between Munich Central Station, departure 11:15 a.m., and Prague is canceled.

At 12.43 p.m. the next ALX 359 runs to Furth im Walde and then as EX RE 25 to Prague.

Accidents happen again and again on Czech railways.

The security technology is considered out of date in many places.

Only a year ago two trains collided head-on in the Ore Mountains near the German border.

Two people died, including a German.

(ml / dpa)

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