Horrific train-bus collision claims dozens of German lives, Hungarian train conductor shares harrowing account

Horrific train-bus collision claims dozens of German lives, Hungarian train conductor shares harrowing account

Massive crash, choking dust, the stench of smoke, human body parts and bus fragments scattered everywhere. Then, a deafening silence. That’s how the train engineer, who was not at fault, recalled the tragic event that occurred 22 years ago in an interview on TV2’s Napló program on Sunday. In the wake of the accident, the Hungarian government accelerated the installation of mechanical half-barriers at railway crossings, realising these offered fa…