After an accident of express trains near the village of Jablonov nad Turňou in the district of Rožňava, about 100 people are easily injured, two people are in critical condition. Three people are entangled, without information about their health. According to the findings so far There was no person to kill. This was announced at a press conference by Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (voice-SD). According to him, it is an extraordinary traffic accident that apparently occurred by the failure of the human factor. One of the drivers probably did not prefer the other.
“I don’t want to speculate at the moment about the causes but According to initial information, this is not a systemic error but the failure of the human factor. It turns out that about one of the locomotive drivers made a mistake and probably did not give priority but So far it is just a preliminary version”Said Šutaj Eštok, saying that he, Minister of Transport Jozef Ráž (Direction-SD nominee) and Minister of Health Kamil Šaško (Voice-SD), headed for the scene of the accident.
The collision of the express trains in front of the tunnel near Jablonov nad Turňou occurred shortly after 10.00 am where the tracks cross and pass into a single track. There are firefighters, police and rescuers in the field. “We sent two rescue helicopters and six ground ambulances,” The spokeswoman of the Operational Center of the Emergency Medical Service (OSS) of the Slovak Republic Petra Klimešová.
