Accident near Legionowo station. A Koleje Mazowieckie train fatally hit a pedestrian. Emergency services are working on site. Due to this event, there were delays in schedules. At around 10:20 p.m., traffic was restored on all tracks.
The incident occurred before 6 p.m. between the Choszczówka and Legionowo stations. – On a forest section of the route, a train on the Warszawa Zachodnia – Mława route fatally hit a pedestrian – Tomasz Zieliński, a reporter for tvnwarszawa.pl, learned.
He added that the following services are working on site: fire brigade, police and ambulance. Due to the tragic consequences of the event, the prosecutor was also called.
Our reporter’s reports were confirmed by Jacek Wiśniewski from the press department of the Warsaw Police Headquarters. – A 24-year-old man died. The driver was sober, he said.
At around 10:20 p.m., traffic was restored on all tracks.
Delays last up to an hour
The Public Transport Authority informed that in the area of Legionowo station There were difficulties in running trains SKM lines S3, S4, S40 and Koleje Mazowieckie.
Trains on the Warsaw Praga – Legionowo section were delayed. SKM reported delays of up to 60 minutes. Trains on line S4 from Piaseczno (18.24) to Zegrze Południowy were canceled on the section Warsaw Gdańsk – Zegrze Południowe. The train from Zegrze Południowe station (20.15) to Piaseczno was canceled on the Zegrze Południowe – Warszawa Gdańska section.
The problems also affected other carriers. “Shuttle traffic on one track. There is, among others, an express train from Gdynia to Bielsko-Biała” – a reader wrote to us.
Main photo source: Tomasz Zieliński, tvnwarszawa.pl