A passenger train crashed near Vrútky. The Minister of Transport and the Minister of the Interior arrived on the scene
BRATISLAVA / On the railway line between Varín and Vrútky, two trains collided in one of the tunnels on Friday, June 3, in the early evening. The accident was also confirmed by Tomáš Kováč, a spokesman for the Slovak Railway Company. Dozens of people were injured on the spot.
Train accident near Vrútky
According to information from the Fire and Rescue Service, the locomotive crashed into a parked passenger train on the line in the direction from Žilina to Vrútok. “21 professionals from Martin, Žilina, Trenčín, the Rescue Brigade of the Fire and Rescue Corps in Žilina and Bánovce nad Bebravou and volunteer firefighters from the Sučany, Lipovec, Martin – Priekopa corps are involved at the scene.” firefighter spokeswoman Katarína Križanová. Doa, that there are also two evacuation buses on the spot, in which they provided a temporary refuge.
“A locomotive crashed into the passenger train, which was broken on the track behind Vrútky towards Žilina. The causes and circumstances of this accident are currently under investigation, ” said Tomáš Kováč, spokesman for the Slovak Railway Company.
Minister of Transport Andrej Doležal also arrived at the scene of the accident
Traffic information
Police of driver applicants to create a rescue alley for all rescue services on the road I / 18 behind Vrútky in the direction of Žilina. “Road 1/18 behind Vrútky in the direction of Žilina is started in half profile, the traffic is released alternately. The Košická crossroads in Žilina are fully passable. The D1 Turany-Dubná skala motorway will be open from 22:30,“ succeeded on the social network Regional Directorate of the Police Force in Žilina.
According to an ATE spokesperson (Air-Transport Europe) Zuzana Hopjakova the helicopter landed with one more seriously injured person in Martin and then had himself returned to the scene of the accident.
Police have ruled out deaths
The police provisionally ruled out the loss of life in connection with the accident near Vrútky. As the Police Force of the Slovak Republic states on the social network, all rescue services intervene at the site of the accident on the line in the direction from Žilina to Vrútok. “Several dozen passengers suffered only minor and moderate injuries. Four people were seriously injured. There is already a post-traumatic team at the scene of the accident and the investigator is performing the initial actions on the spot,” police said.
74 patients were examined
As the Ministry of Health on the social network, 1 emergency medical clinic on the spot1 investigated the events and reported a total of 74 patients. “Of these, 34 patients were transported to hospitals in Martin, Žilina, Ružomberok, Dolný Kubín and Považská Bystrica, ” writes the Ministry of Health.
The Minister of the Interior, Roman Mikulec, also arrived at the scene of the accident
Roman Mikulec, together with the Ministry of Transport, was at the scene of the accident near Vrútok. “I would like to thank all the members of the rescue services, the police force and the Fire and Fire Department and colleagues from the health sector. Then I visited the University Hospital in Martin together with the Ministry of Health, “ said the Minister of the Interior on the social network.