20 injured in train accident in Czech Republic

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An injured passenger is loaded into an ambulance at the Booysens train station near Johannesburg Friday July 17, 2015. More than 200 people were injured in a train collision in Johannesburg on Friday night, authorities said, with more injuries expected as more passengers are known to still be trapped inside the wrechage. No fatalities have been reported. (AP Photo)
An injured passenger is loaded into an ambulance at the Booysens train station near Johannesburg Friday July 17, 2015. More than 200 people were injured in a train collision in Johannesburg on Friday night, authorities said, with more injuries expected as more passengers are known to still be trapped inside the wrechage. No fatalities have been reported. (AP Photo)

Twenty people were injured on Wednesday morning when a passenger train collided with a technical vehicle at a railway station in Pilsen in western Czech Republic, local media reported.

The accident occurred at the station of Kdyne, according to the Czech News Agency.

The train collided with a diagnostic railway set comprising an engine and one carriage.

Six people with moderate injuries have been airlifted to hospitals in Prague and Pilsen.

The train passed a stop sign and crashed into the vehicle ahead, according to the reports.

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