A tragic accident occurred on Saturday, August 8, at a railway crossing in Chocianów. A woman walking on foot ended up on the tracks and was struck by an oncoming train. Emergency services were dispatched to the scene.
According to firefighters from Polkowice, the woman found herself on the tracks for reasons that have not been established. At one point, she was struck by the approaching train. Unfortunately, the injuries she sustained in the accident proved fatal. The woman died at the scene.
Emergency services worked at the scene of the tragic incident. The circumstances and exact causes of the accident will now be investigated by the police and the prosecutor’s office.
Investigators will determine, among other things, how the woman ended up on the tracks and what the immediate circumstances of her death were.
