Sixteen killed and scores injured as two trains collide head-on in worst Polish rail disaster in living memory

Two trains running on the same track collided head-on in southern Poland last night, killing 16 people and leaving 56 injured.  


The accident, which is the worst train disaster in Poland in more than 20 years, happened late last night on the Warsaw-Krakow mainline in the small town of Szczekociny.

President Bronislaw Komorowski said he would announce a period of national mourning for those killed.        Read Full