The recording was published on Friday by the town hall of České Brod on its Facebook profile. The video shows that the patrol in the car first passes the train that is standing on the track. Shortly afterwards, another train crashes from the opposite direction.
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“But there’s a train,” said one of the officers. After a few seconds, he hoped, “He probably slowed it down.” Then there was a bang.
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The patrol turned the vehicle and headed for the crash site. “It was they who opened the door and began evacuating people from the wrecked train. The police also gave people first aid until the arrival of rescuers and firefighters, “Mayor Jakub Nekolný wrote about the video.
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In a tense situation, a stronger speech came from the guards. “The video from the city police car contains stronger expressions, for which we apologize in advance,” the mayor added.
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Trains collided near Český Brod on Tuesday evening, and a passenger train crashed into a standing freight train. The cab of the CityElefant passenger train was demolished, and the driver wedged in it died.
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The accident injured 31 people, mostly lightly. Four people had more serious injuries. The damage was estimated at 45 million crowns.
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According to the preliminary conclusions of the investigators, the train was traveling at a speed of up to 87 km / h. The driver rode on a busy track and first stopped at a red light. Then he drove off, which the regulations allow. But he should only go fast enough to be able to stop as soon as he saw the train in front of him.
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Why he subsequently drove so fast is the subject of an investigation.
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