The train had left the Czech capital of Prague was on its way to Hungarian capital of Budapest when it collided with a bus in the town of Nove Zamky. Five people were injured in the crash.

A train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus on Thursday.

At least five people were killed and another five were injured in the crash, which occurred in the town of Nove Zamky in southern Slovakia, officials said, adding that the death toll might increase

The line linking the Slovak capital of Bratislava to Budapest was closed until further notice.

What do we know about the crash?

Over 100 people were aboard the Eurocity train when the accident took place shortly after 5 p.m. local time (1500 UTC), police and the Slovak national railway company ZSSK said.

Railway officials said the bus was badly damaged in the crash.

Railway spokeswoman Vladimira Bahylova told the French AFP news agency that the driver of the train “suffered burns because the locomotive caught on fire.”

Stranded passengers were transported by buses to the town of Sturovo on the Hungarian border.

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, who was attending an EU summit in Brussels, offered his condolences to the relatives of the dead.

“I wish the injured a speedy recovery and thank the doctors and rescue teams for their work done,” Pellegrini said. “I wish that such catastrophes would avoid Slovakia in the future.”

Police said that Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok was heading to the scene of the accident.

Source: DW news