Bus and train crashed near Érsekújvár, heavy casualties

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has expressed his condolences to his Slovak counterpart over a train crash that happened at Nove Zamky (Érsekújvár) on Thursday.

In his letter to Juraj Blanar, Szijjártó expressed his sympathy with family members of the five victims and wished a speedy recovery to those that had been hospitalised with injuries.

Photo: MTI/EPA/Jakub Gavlak

In the accident, a high-speed train on its way from Prague to Budapest crashed with a bus at a railway crossing.

The consular services have not reported Hungarians involved in the accident.

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