According to local reports from broadcaster TVP Poznan, at least two people were injured in the accident. The severity of the crash prompted officials to dispatch 16 fire brigade teams to the scene to assist with rescue and recovery operations, News.Az reports, citing Reuters.
While initial reports indicated that a passenger train had collided with a freight train, images and footage published by national broadcaster TVN24 and shared across social media networks appear to show a collision between two passenger trains instead.
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The visual evidence from the scene confirms that the impact was severe enough to force several passenger carriages completely off the tracks. Eyewitness footage shows derailed train cars leaning precariously as dozens of passengers stand along the tracks waiting for assistance. Emergency personnel remain on-site investigating the cause of the collision.
