The number of casualities is not yet established, said police. (Representational)
Several people were killed when a pick-up truck crashed into a train in southern Hungary early on Tuesday, derailing carriages, police said.
A number of other people were injured in the accident at a crossing in Mindszent near the Hungarian-Serbian border shortly before 0500 GMT, police added.
"Rescue effort are still ongoing, thus we cannot establish the number of casualties," a police spokesperson told Reuters.
Local news site delmagyar.hu said seven people had died in the crash, showing a photograph with the train carriage on its side, and a helicopter ambulance and several ambulance cars at the scene.
The state railway company said a train on its way from Kiskunfelegyhaza to Hodmezovasarhely had crashed with a truck, derailing a carriage with 22 passengers, of whom two were severely injured and a further eight lightly injured.
The truck drove onto the tracks, ignoring the red lights, it said.
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