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Poland: Locomotive Derails in Serious Crash, Disrupting Rail Traffic to Lithuania

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A truck carrying asphalt collided with a freight train near Suwalki, Poland, on Monday morning.
  • The truck driver suffered injuries and went to hospital, while the train driver was unharmed.
  • The derailment disrupted rail traffic on the route toward Lithuania.

A serious crash near Suwalki disrupted rail traffic toward Lithuania after a truck carrying asphalt collided with an approaching freight train on Monday morning.

The collision occurred at about 9:40 a.m. local time on the Suwalki-Trakiszki railway section, on the outskirts of Suwalki. The freight train was travelling from Bialystok toward Mockava.

The truck driver was injured in the crash and taken to hospital. The train driver did not suffer injuries. The locomotive derailed in the incident, according to the report.

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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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