In a shocking incident, a bullet train collided with an engine at a train station in northeastern Czech Republic today (June 27), killing one person and injuring five. The Czech Railways said the accident happened in the early hours of the morning in the town of Bohumín, shortly after the Pendolino train left for Prague.
The driver of the bullet train was killed, while four Czech railway employees on the engine and one employee on board the train were injured. It was not clear whether the engine was running at the time of the head-on accident. Rescuers said no passengers were injured.
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The Office of Rail Safety Inspection, an agency that investigates train accidents, said the high-speed train was on the wrong line at the time of the accident, and the accident may have been caused by human error.
(with inputs from AP)