Fatal railway incident in Czech Republic and near-miss in Poland

A person was killed after being struck by a train on the railway corridor between Přerov and Hulín near Říkovice in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Emergency services confirmed the injuries were incompatible with life. The incident caused rail traffic to be suspended for over an hour, resulting in delays of up to 15 minutes for trains traveling toward Zlín, Uherské Hradiště, Olomouc, and Ostrava.

In a separate incident in Poznań, Poland, a tanker truck driver narrowly avoided a collision with a PKP Intercity passenger train. The driver, a 31-year-old Ukrainian national, became trapped between closed barriers at a level crossing in the Wola district after entering the tracks without sufficient space to clear them. Although the driver escaped without injury, the incident is under investigation by prosecutors, and the driver faces a potential prison sentence of up to eight years.