Editor's note: The article was updated at 11:15 a.m. with Ukraine's Foreign Ministry's statement.
A passenger train with several railcars traveling to Chop in western Ukraine collided with a cargo train in Czechia late on June 5, leaving at least four dead and dozens injured, the Czech police said.
The death toll included two Ukrainian women, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said, adding that the citizenship of the other two fatalities is being determined. Ukrainian Railways previously said that there were no fatalities or injuries in the railcars with passengers heading to Chop.
According to the ministry's statement, 34 people suffered minor injuries and were treated on the spot. The Czech media wrote that over 20 people were hospitalized.
The tragic incident, involving a 1021 Prague-Kosice train operated by the Czech private company RegioJet and a CD Cargo freighter, occurred shortly before midnight near a new train station in the Czech city of Pardubice.
Over 300 passengers were reportedly on board of the passenger train, whose frontal part suffered the heaviest damage.
Emergency services and police are working on the spot. Czech Transport Minister Martin Kupka refused to speculate on the possible causes of the crash.
The RegioJet train Prague-Przemysl, a connection regularly used by Ukrainians traveling between Czechia and Ukraine, is expected to be delayed.
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