Five people were killed and more than ten injured when a pick-up truck crashed into a train in southern Hungary early this morning, derailing a carriage, police said.
The accident happened at a crossing in Mindszent near the Hungarian-Serbian border shortly before 6am Irish time.
Five people in the truck were killed, while others travelling in the truck and on the train were injured, a police spokesperson said.
The truck was registered in Hungary and was carrying local workers, she added.
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, two of whom were severely injured and a eight others lightly injured.
The railway company said the truck drove onto the tracks, ignoring the red lights.
