19 people have been injured after a high-speed train collided with a flat-bed truck at an unguarded railway in Poland.
The accident occurred at around 3pm on Friday, in the village of Schodnia, when a Pendolino intercity train carrying some 300 passengers hit a truck.
Regional police spokeswoman Monika Mrugala said that seven of those who were injured were in a life-threatening condition.
Some of those injured were airlifted to a hospital, while others were taken there by ambulances.
Ms Mrugala said the truck was transporting another truck on its trailer when it was hit at the crossing.
Images from the site showed both vehicles lying by the railway tracks. Police are said to be investigating the cause of the accident.
Cezary Nowak, a spokesman for Poland's state railway, PK said The railway tracks at the crash site needed to be repaired and rail traffic there will probably not be restored before next Thursday.