We’ve had a serious train accident not far from here; unfortunately, two dead and several other injured. From Czech-language sources, the injured have been medivaced here to Ostrava, which has an advanced trauma center.

Two people were killed when a high-speed Pendelino train collided with a truck at a level crossing at Studnka in the Moravia Silesia Region on Wednesday morning, the news website idnes.cz reported. Around 20 people were injured in the crash and several are in a very serious condition. The train, travelling from Bohumn to Františkovy Lzně, was going at over 100 kilometres an hour when the accident occurred; the truck’s engine was found 200 metres from the scene of the crash and it took the train a full two kilometres to come to a stop.

radio.cz

Photos of the accident here:

moravskoslezsky.denik.cz