A passenger train with an express train collided in Prague-Běchovice in the early evening on Friday. Several wagons were derailed, firefighters looking for the wounded. The accident happened in a place where traffic was restricted due to a train collision with a person. Traffic on the line between Libní and Běchovice was stopped for several hours. It was not completely restored until Saturday at three o'clock in the morning.
Firefighters also had to arrive and evacuate about 150 passengers in the first stage. At the scene of the accident, trains were up to 40 minutes late, some were not dispatched at all.
Traffic between the Libeň and Běchovice stations is stopped on Friday in the early evening. In the mentioned section, the Pendolino first knocked down a man who died on the spot, and the sets were led along only one of the three tracks. At the scene of the accident, an express train collided with a passenger train.
Due to traffic restrictions, two trains crashed and several wagons derailed, Prague firefighters reported on Twitter. Fortunately, according to them, the accident was not more serious.
Firefighters and an ambulance passed through wrecked trains, looking for any injured passengers. In the end, the train collision went unnoticed. "A special Atego car commutes at the RZP site, medical crew, inspector and for preventive reasons. There are now three people in our care who are not injured, but have had an acute stress response," the Prague ambulance said on its Twitter account.
