An accident left six dead and five injured in Slovakia when a train collided with a bus on Thursday afternoon at a level crossing.
“Six people succumbed to their injuries,” Slovak rescue services said, updating the previous death toll of five.
“At least five people were injured,” the agency added in a Facebook post.
Railway company spokeswoman Vladimira Bakhilova told AFP the Eurocity train was travelling from Prague to Budapest.
“I fear that the number of people killed in this accident will increase”
Petra Klimesova, a spokeswoman for the rescue services, said the injured needed “immediate medical attention”. “I fear that the number of people killed in this accident will increase,” he told AFP.
One passenger, Katarina Molnarova, told AFP she “felt the impact” as the train left the city’s Nove Zamky station.
“After a few minutes we managed to get off… We saw the front of the train in flames,” said the 43-year-old beautician from the southern city of Sturovo.
“There were no screams or panic… We picked up our bags and walked to the road (…) I saw pieces of the bus scattered during the accident.”
Interior Minister Matus Sutai Estok and deputy police chief Rastislav Polakovic went to the scene of the accident, police said on Facebook.
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