Prague-to-Budapest train collides with a bus in Slovakia, killing 7 people and injuring 5

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Officials in Slovakia say that a train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia, leaving at least seven people dead and five injured. Police and railway officials say that some 200 people were aboard the Eurocity train when the accident took place shortly after 5 p.m. near the town of Nove Zamky. The deaths and injuries have been confirmed by Slovakia’s rescue service. Video footage shows that the engine of the train was on fire. Railway officials say the bus was badly damaged in the crash.