UPDATE: 2022 started with a tragedy – 4 died in a crash
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In the early hours of January 1st, 2022, a deadly collision occurred where four teenagers immediately lost their lives, while a fifth was taken to the hospital with an emergency helicopter.
According to the reports of the Veszprém county police to MTI, the passenger car collided with a passenger train at the railway crossing on road 7345, in the municipality of Tapolca.
According to the reports of the National Rescue Services, three young boys and one young girl immediately passed away at the scene, while the fifth passenger of the car, a 17-year-old girl, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries in an emergency helicopter.
UPDATE: The fifth passenger is still in the hospital!
Lajos Nagy, Director General of the Markusovszky University Teaching Hospital in Szombathely, told MTI that the fifth passenger, a 17-year-old girl, is still alive, and she is currently being treated there.
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The mayor of Tapolca, Zoltán Dobó, wrote on the official social media page of the municipality that the victims of the collision were from Sümeg and Csabrendek, and he offered the help of the Tapolca municipality to the families of the deceased.
