Coach crashes into railway underpass in the Czech Republic

16 Jun 2026 • 7:51 PM MYT
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A tour bus has crashed into a bridge in the Czech Republic and became stuck underneath it.

Four people were treated at the scene for minor injuries, emergency services said on Tuesday in a post on X.

Photographs shared by the police on X showed the vehicle was too tall to pass through the railway underpass. The roof was badly dented and several windows were shattered. , Police said the driver likely ignored warning road signs.

The roughly two dozen passengers continued their journey from Linz in Austria to Český Krumlov in South Bohemia on a replacement bus provided by firefighters.

Operations on the rail line were temporarily brought to a standstill. The road also had to be closed.

The accident occurred in the Dolní Dvořiště district, about 160 kilometres south of Prague, near the Austrian border.