At least seven dead as train collides with bus in Slovakia
Firefighters’ vehicles and emergency vehicles on the site of the collision of a bus with a train near the town of Nove Zamky, Slovakia (Henrich Misovic/TASR via AP)
At least seven people were killed when a train from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a local bus at a level crossing in southern Slovakia.
The collision took place shortly after 5pm on Thursday near the town of Nove Zamky, located about 80km east of the capital Bratislava, Slovakian railway company ZSSK said.
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