Five people were killed and others injured when a train derailed in Hungary and overturned after colliding with a truck.
Police say a truck carrying workers was driving on the track in Mindszent on Tuesday, where the train had just stopped before 7 am.
Due to the force of the accident, the train overturned and crashed to the side, landing on the side of the tracks.
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The derailed train at the scene of an accident in which five people died. Photo: Fire Chief Lieutenant Krisztina Molnar / Handout
Seven men were traveling in the truck when it was hit by the train – five were killed, and two others were taken to hospital with severe head and limb injuries, police said.
In a statement, Hungarian state railways said 22 people were on the train during the collision. Two passengers were seriously injured, and eight others were lightly wounded.
Seven people were driving in the truck. Photo: Fire Chief Lieutenant Krisztina Molnar / Handout
Csongrad-Csanad province police said it had closed the entire road when the accident was investigated.
Five people have died, and more than ten were injured after a pick-up truck crashed into a train in southern Hungary, police said.
A carriage was derailed during the incident shortly before 5 am GMT on Tuesday at a crossing in Mindszent, near the Hungarian-Serbian border.
It fell into a ditch, and pictures of the scene show it lying on its side.
The heavily damaged truck has also been snapped, with debris strewn across the tracks.
All those killed are understood to have been in the truck, though injuries occurred in both vehicles.
A train derailed and overturned after hitting a vehicle in southern Hungary on Tuesday, leaving five people dead and others injured, police said.
The accident happened just before 7 am in the town of Mindszent.
Police said a truck carrying workers drove onto the train routes and was hit by a train, which derailed from the point of the collision.
Seven men were traveling in the van at the moment of the crash, according to the Hungarian state news agency MTI.
Five were killed, and two others were taken to hospital with serious injuries, the police said.
In a statement, Hungarian state railways said that all those killed had been touring in the truck.
It said that 22 individuals were on the march during the collision. Two passengers were very hurt, and eight others suffered mild injuries.
According to a spokesman for the national ambulance service, ten ambulances and a helicopter were sent to the scene.
Csongrad-Csanad county officials said they had closed the road during the on-site inspection and rescue.
Seven men were reportedly traveling in the truck when it was hit by the train – five were killed, and two others were taken to hospital with severe head and limb injuries, the police said.
In a statement, Hungarian state railways said that 22 individuals were on the train at the moment of the collision. Two passengers were very hurt, and eight others suffered mild injuries.
