According to local officials in southern Poland, two trains, carrying about 350 passengers at the time, have collided leaving 16 people dead, one of whom was an American woman, and another 58 injured. Helicopter ambulances from Warsaw and Wroclaw were used to transport the injured to nearby hospitals. The accident occurred on Saturday night on the Warsaw-Krakow mainline in Szczekeciny. One of the express trains was on the wrong track and collided head on with another. Prime Minister Donald Tusk and three other cabinet ministers arrived at the scene on Sunday morning. President Bronislaw Komorowski will announce a state of national mourning after emergency teams remove the wreckage from the track. This process is said to be quite complex according to local firefighters and will, therefore, take some time.
Aleksandra Ruseva
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17248735
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