TVN-24 said the train was travelling at a speed of 118 kmph at a railway section, which had been under repair for a month, according to Andrzej Massel, undersecretary of state responsible for rail. The traffic there has been regulated by a semaphore and the speed limit has been set at 40 kmph.
The emergency center for the Lodz district said many injured passengers had received medical aid at the site of the derailment and did not need hospitalization. Twenty-six people remain in hospitals.