Train Hits A Collapsed Bridge. Seven Dead

EuroCity Krakow-Prague train derailed today as it crashed into a bridge construction that collapsed on the tracks just seconds before the train was passing through the bridge construction site. So far seven casualties are confirmed…

USA Today picked the story here.

Here is what happened: a construction company was moving the assembled bridge piece construction above the tracks, using some kind of cranes that suddenly stopped functioning properly and the construction slipped onto the tracks FIVE SECONDS before the train ran into it.

This is the result.

Many of the passengers were travelling to Iron Maiden concert in Prague.

IRONY: The train was TEN MINUTES delayed as it was passing through the scene. You know what it means…

USA Today: Visiting Moravia Won’t Kill Your Budget

The wine region of the South Moravian District is worth visiting and even USA Today recommends it, the Brnensky denik daily writes today. Biking through the wine region and tasting wine samples during the trip, visiting wine cellars or historical towns and villages along the way is affordable and a nice experience, the daily goes on saying…

People and businesses involved in tourism in this region should be thankful for any article of this kind. It is a well-known fact that most tourists who come to the region stay for one or two days, many of them come on what we call a one-day-hop from Vienna (two-hour drive).