5 people killed as train strikes vehicle in Hungary

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Police say a train struck a vehicle in southern Hungary and derailed, leaving five people dead and others injured. The accident occurred just before 7 a.m. in the town of Mindszent. A flatbed truck carrying workers drove onto the train tracks and was struck by the train, which derailed and overturned from the force of the collision, police said. Hungarian state railways indicated in a statement that all the fatalities were among people in the truck. It said in a statement that 22 people were traveling on the train at the time of the accident. Two passengers sustained serious injuries and eight others suffered mild injuries, the statement said.