AT least 20 passengers have been injured after a train smashed into a delivery truck at a level crossing and flew off the tracks in Poland.
Shocking images show the stricken train lying on its side as emergency workers scramble to tend to the wounded.
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Among the injured were the drivers of the truck and the train, with the former getting trapped in his vehicle until firefighters managed to free him.
Four people were left seriously injured in the horror smash, which was travelling from the eastern city of Lublin to the northern port of Szczecin.
The collision occurred near the town of Przysucha, around 60 miles southeast of Warsaw at about 11.20am.
A fire service spokesman said: “The locomotive is on its side on the opposite track and some of the wagons are also on their side.”
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The crippled train was made up of six carriages and was carrying around 120 passengers.
Two air ambulances were deployed to rush the injured to hospital.
All rail traffic on the line has been suspended until further notice.
A probe has been launched in the cause of the crash.
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It comes just five days after another passenger train ploughed into a truck at a level crossing in Poland after the driver allegedly ignored a signal.
Footage shows the terrifying near-fatal crash between a 300- person passenger train and the orange lorry in the northern port city of Gdansk.
The large truck was caught between barriers on a level crossing after the driver reportedly ignored level- crossing signals to wait on the road.
The driver attempts to move forwards and backwards to get off the tracks in time but fails.
Pedestrians near the crossing can be seen rushing to safety before the terrifying collision.
Upon impact, debris from the truck is immediately thrown across the rail line with huge clouds of smoke filling the air.
The fire service said it was alerted to the collision at about 12.30pm on September 3.
In June, three people were injured after two passenger trains crashed and caused a carriage to derail.
Around 200 passengers were travelling on both trains when the horror impact occured.
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A travel operations spokesperson said the last carriage on the Intercity train had derailed along with “part of the Polregio train’s electric multiple unit.”
He said the injured passengers suffered bruises and dislocations, adding: “These people were provided with first aid on site.”