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| Seven dead in Czech train crash | Seven dead in Czech train crash |
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| An international express train has hit a collapsed bridge in the Czech Republic, killing seven people and injuring around 70 more. | An international express train has hit a collapsed bridge in the Czech Republic, killing seven people and injuring around 70 more. |
| The EuroCity train - from the Polish city of Krakow to the Czech capital, Prague - was travelling at 140km/h (87 mph) before it hit the debris. | The EuroCity train - from the Polish city of Krakow to the Czech capital, Prague - was travelling at 140km/h (87 mph) before it hit the debris. |
| It was the Czech Republic's worst train accident for more than a decade. | It was the Czech Republic's worst train accident for more than a decade. |
| The train had about 400 people on board when the accident happened in Studenka, near the north-east border with Poland. | The train had about 400 people on board when the accident happened in Studenka, near the north-east border with Poland. |
| Firefighters attended the scene, helping remove the victims from the train. | Firefighters attended the scene, helping remove the victims from the train. |
| Both Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and his Polish counterpart, Donald Tusk, travelled to the site of what a railway spokesperson described as "a serious disaster". | Both Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and his Polish counterpart, Donald Tusk, travelled to the site of what a railway spokesperson described as "a serious disaster". |
| Emergency brake | Emergency brake |
| The accident happened when a motorway bridge undergoing construction work collapsed on to the track as the train was approaching at 1030 local time (0830GMT), Czech railways officials said. | The accident happened when a motorway bridge undergoing construction work collapsed on to the track as the train was approaching at 1030 local time (0830GMT), Czech railways officials said. |
| It is clear that any financial compensation cannot relieve the pain and sadness of all those who have been affected by this event Czech PM Mirek Topolanek | It is clear that any financial compensation cannot relieve the pain and sadness of all those who have been affected by this event Czech PM Mirek Topolanek |
| The driver pulled the emergency brake when he saw the collapsed bridge, but the engine carriage and several passenger carriages were derailed by the debris. | The driver pulled the emergency brake when he saw the collapsed bridge, but the engine carriage and several passenger carriages were derailed by the debris. |
| Television images showed rescuers climbing into the green and white carriages to try to pull survivors out. | Television images showed rescuers climbing into the green and white carriages to try to pull survivors out. |
| AFP news agency reported that 16 fire brigade units with a total of 30 vehicles attended the crash site, as ambulances and helicopters transported the injured to hospital. | AFP news agency reported that 16 fire brigade units with a total of 30 vehicles attended the crash site, as ambulances and helicopters transported the injured to hospital. |
| A spokeswoman for the local hospital said extra staff had been called in to deal with the injured train crash survivors. | A spokeswoman for the local hospital said extra staff had been called in to deal with the injured train crash survivors. |
| The fatalities were five Czechs, a Pole and a Ukrainian, reports said. | The fatalities were five Czechs, a Pole and a Ukrainian, reports said. |
| 'Find the culprit' | 'Find the culprit' |
| Mr Topolanek said the initial priority was "to help those who have suffered". | Mr Topolanek said the initial priority was "to help those who have suffered". |
| "Only then, we will have time to thoroughly investigate the incident, to find the culprit and to eventually compensate [the victims]," he was reported as saying by Associated Press news agency. | "Only then, we will have time to thoroughly investigate the incident, to find the culprit and to eventually compensate [the victims]," he was reported as saying by Associated Press news agency. |
| "It is clear that any financial compensation cannot relieve the pain and sadness of all those who have been affected by this event." | "It is clear that any financial compensation cannot relieve the pain and sadness of all those who have been affected by this event." |
| Many on board were young people travelling to a music festival in Pardubice, Czech television reported. | Many on board were young people travelling to a music festival in Pardubice, Czech television reported. |
| The accident might have claimed even more lives had it not happened during the holiday period, according to a BBC news website reader. | The accident might have claimed even more lives had it not happened during the holiday period, according to a BBC news website reader. |
| "I travel by this train once a week when I'm travelling to school and it's always so overcrowded that there isn't even a place for standing," said Vladimir, by email. | "I travel by this train once a week when I'm travelling to school and it's always so overcrowded that there isn't even a place for standing," said Vladimir, by email. |
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