Two express trains collided in eastern Slovakia on Monday morning, injuring dozens of people and leaving two in critical condition, authorities said.

The crash happened shortly after 10 a.m. near the village of Jablonov nad Turnou, where the railway line transitions from double to single track.

Slovak Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok told reporters that three people were trapped in the wreckage and confirmed there were no deaths reported so far. “Two people are in critical condition, 100 were slightly injured, and three others were stuck in the trains,” he said, adding that “according to initial information, no one died in the accident.”

Eštok said investigators believe the collision was caused by human error rather than a technical fault. “I don’t want to speculate about the causes at this point, but according to initial information, it is not a system error, but a human factor failure. It turns out that one of the locomotive drivers made a mistake and probably did not give way,” he told reporters, as cited by TASR.

🇸🇰 Two passenger trains collided head-on in eastern Slovakia this morning, resulting in dozens being injured.

The crash occurred at the entrance of a tunnel near the village of Jablonov nad Turňou.

Slovak police said around 80 passengers were on board the trains.

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According to information from the Railpage.net portal, an express train heading from Zvolen passed a “Stop” signal prohibiting further travel. The driver was transported by helicopter from the Košice depot to the hospital.

The state rail operator ZSSK confirmed in a statement that “shortly after 10 a.m. today, express trains R 913 and R 914 GEMERAN collided near Rožňava, at the transition to a single-track line. The cause of the accident is under investigation. All emergency services are on site, and replacement bus transport has been arranged.”

Police said on Facebook that “in front of the tunnel near the village of Jablonov nad Turňou (district Rožňava), two opposite-going express cars collided with a large number of passengers.” They added that “all components of the Integrated Rescue System intervene on site. Passengers are gradually leaving the trains.” Later, police wrote: “According to preliminary information, there were approximately 80 passengers on the trains. According to information so far, no one was killed!”

Footage from the scene showed one of the trains remaining upright on the tracks after the impact, while the other was partially derailed and was left hanging from a cliff next to the line.

Dozens of firefighters, police officers, and paramedics, with six ground ambulances and two rescue helicopters, were deployed to the crash site and remain at the scene.

Both train drivers survived the crash, with one reportedly jumping from his train before the collision, according to Railpage.net.