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A damaged pick-up truck is seen at a scene of an accident where it crashed into a train in Mindszent, Hungary April 5, 2022. ― Police.hu/Handout via Reuters
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BUDAPEST, April 5 ― Five people were killed and more than 10 injured when a pick-up truck crashed into a train in southern Hungary early today, derailing a carriage, police said.
The accident happened at a crossing in Mindszent near the Hungarian-Serbian border shortly before 0500 GMT.
Five people in the truck were killed and there were injuries both among those in the truck and on the train, a police spokesperson told Reuters.
The truck was registered in Hungary and was carrying local workers, she added.
Local news site delmagyar.hu showed a photograph with the train carriage on its side, and a helicopter ambulance and several ambulance cars at the scene.
The state railway company said a train on its way from Kiskunfelegyhaza to Hodmezovasarhely had crashed with a truck, derailing a carriage with 22 passengers, of whom two were severely injured and a further eight lightly injured.
The truck drove onto the tracks, ignoring the red lights, it said. ― Reuters