RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : Croatia - Vehicle Accident

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2009-12-21, 09:54:20 [UTC] Ref.no.: VI-20091221-24254-HRV Situation Update No. 1 On 2009-12-21 at 09:56:46 [UTC] Event: Vehicle Accident Location: Croatia Capital City Zagreb Number of Injured: 50 person(s) Situation: A commuter train hit a buffer at Zagreb's main railway station Monday injuring 50 people, at least one seriously, police and doctors said. The train was arriving from Sisak, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) southeast of the Croatian capital, when it "failed to stop due to still unknown reasons," a police spokeswoman said. The accident occurred at 5:26 am (0426 GMT), spokeswoman Aleksandra Ljuba said. The train hit a concrete buffer, the state-run news agency reported, adding that one of the injured suffered life threatening injuries. Most of the injured escaped with bruising and pulled muscles. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu