Czech High-Speed Train Collides With Truck Killing 2, Injuring 20

Two passengers died and over 20 were injured on Wednesday when a high-speed train hit a truck at a rail crossing near the northeastern Czech town of Studenka, a spokesman for the regional rescue service said.

PRAGUE (Sputnik) — The force of the collision was so great that the truck’s engine was recovered at a distance of more than 650 feet from the crash site. The passenger train traveled a further 1.2 miles before the brake engaged.

"Two people died in the collision and more than 20 were wounded, some of them are in a critical condition at a hospital," spokesman Lukas Humpl told reporters.

Ambulances, fire engines and helicopters have been dispatched to the scene. Rescuers are pulling crash survivors from the wreckage of the train's carriages.

Ranní tragicky nehoda Pendolina ve #Studenka. Na míste dvě desítky zraněných, bohuzel i dva mrtví. pic.twitter.com/q9kKZa59et

— Jakub Ptačinský (@Ptacinsky) 22 июля 2015

FAKTA ZE #Studénka — 2 mrtví, 20 zraněných — řidič kamionu zadržen — vážně zraněn strojvedoucí pic.twitter.com/NwnDf9BG4W

— ČT24 (@CT24zive) 22 июля 2015