Worst train tragedy in Poland in years kills 15
Source: Associated Press
Two trains running on the same track collided head-on in southern Poland late Saturday, leaving 15 people dead and 56 injured — the country's worst train disaster in more than 20 years.
President Bronislaw Komorowski on Sunday said when rescue efforts are over he would make an announcement about a period of national mourning due to the scope of the suffering involved.
Several of the passengers were foreigners, including people from Ukraine, Spain and France, but none of them were among the dead or mostly seriously injured, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
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One train was traveling from the eastern city of Przemysl to Warsaw in the north, while the other — on the wrong track — was heading south from Warsaw to Krakow. Maintenance work was being done on the tracks before the accident happened, officials said.
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