CNN —A collision between a train and a bus in Slovakia has killed five people and injured at least five more, according to the country’s emergency services. The emergency response is ongoing at the crash site in Nové Zámky, southern Slovakia, the Slovak Emergency Medical Service said on Thursday evening. “With the deepest sadness, I received the information of a tragic accident that happened late afternoon in Nové Zámky,” Slovak Health Minister Zuzana Dolinková said in a social media post. I wish the injured a speedy recovery and thank the doctors and rescue teams for their work done. I wish such catastrophes would avoid Slovakia in the future,” he wrote.

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Persons: ZSSK, Zuzana Dolinková, ” Slovakia’s, Peter Pellegrini, ” Organizations: CNN, Slovak Emergency Medical Service, Associated Press, AP, Slovak Health, European Union Locations: Slovakia, Nové Zámky, Slovak, Czech, Prague, Budapest, Sturovo, Hungarian, Nové, Brussels