At least 3 people killed, 11 injured Two trains, one passenger and one freight, collided Friday night, near the city of Novska in eastern Croatia. “At around 9:30 p.m. (local time) on Friday, a freight train collided with a passenger train stopping near Rajic, near Novska, injured many passengers who were being treated by emergency services,” the spokesperson said. On behalf of the regional Police Maja Filipovic, in statements collected by the Croatian state television chain HRT.
Three of the dead are Croatian citizens and eight of the eleven injured are foreign nationals. The Croatian Civil Protection directorate announced that paramedics, firefighters, police and railway company employees went to the crash site, among other officials.
At midnight, Fire Brigade Commander Marijo Paluh assured HRT that no one was stranded on the trains. “Victims were saved as (emergency) services responded in a timely manner“, he stated.
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic moved to the scene with Health Minister Vili Beros. Plenkovic later expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, after reassuring The cause of the accident will be determined.. “We are sorry for the terrible tragedy caused by the train accident near Novska and extend my condolences to the families of the victims. I thank all the services that helped and took care of all the injured. The investigation will determine all the injured. The circumstances of this train accident,” Plenkovic explained on his Twitter social network account. In his statements to the media, the Prime Minister stated that families will receive information about the victims through the Red Cross in Novska. In addition, Plenkovic explained that according to the current balance, “none of the eleven victims are in danger”. However, he added that they do not know if anyone else has died.
Novska Mayor Marija Kusmus also expressed her condolences to her relatives. In return, he thanked the emergency services for their work. I would like to thank all the services that have been on the field and will continue until the truth about why and how this accident occurred is revealed,” she said. “We are reaching the families of injured and deceased passengers from the city,” the city councilor said.