Six dead and more than a hundred injured after train crashes into collapsed bridge

An international express train has crashed into a collapsed bridge in the Czech Republic this morning, killing six people and injuring at least 100 more. Many firefighters are at the scene, helping remove the victims from the train, according to witnesses. The EuroCity train, travelling from the Polish city of Krakow to the Czech capital, crashed at the speed of about of about 140 km (87 miles) per hour. Pulverised carriages strew the rails Enlarge Some 400 people were on board, CT24 television said. 'An international train from Krakow to Prague ran into a collapsed bridge which fell on the rails in the area of the town Studenka,' said Radek Joklik, spokesman for the Czech Railways. A fire brigade spokesman confirmed six dead but said rescue teams had not yet searched through all of the wreckage. 'There are many injured,'... [read full story]