Overview
- Authorities say the collision occurred around 7:31 p.m. on Nov. 9 between Pezinok and Bratislava Main Station on one of the region’s busiest commuter corridors.
- The trains involved were REX 1814 traveling from Nitra to Bratislava and Ex/Tatran 620, according to the state carrier ZSSK as cited by TASR.
- Injury figures remain inconsistent, with the interior minister citing 11 hospitalized and the emergency medical services center reporting 79, and officials initially reporting no fatalities.
- Police and some officials described a likely rear-end impact with no derailment, while other reports cited a head-on collision and derailed coaches, and the ZSR chief alleged one train ran a red signal pending confirmation.
- Rail traffic on the section is suspended as emergency and technical teams work on site, the transport ministry and accident commission lead the inquiry, and officials said roughly 800 people were on board, many of them students.