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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Jan FLEMR

Four Dead, More Than 20 Injured In Czech Train Crash

The mangled wreckage blocked the main train corridor connecting Prague with the Czech Republic's second and third cities of Brno and Ostrava (Credit: AFP)

Four people were killed and more than 20 injured when an express train crashed head-on with a freight train in the central Czech city of Pardubice, officials said on Thursday.

The express train from Prague with more than 300 passengers on board was due to travel overnight from Wednesday to Thursday to the Ukrainian town of Chop when it collided with the freight train, which was carrying calcium carbide, a caustic and flammable chemical.

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