AT least one person has died and 20 passengers have been injured after a train smashed into a delivery truck at a level crossing and flew off the tracks in Poland.

Shocking images show the stricken train lying on its side as emergency workers scramble to tend to the wounded.

At least 20 were injured after a passenger train derailed in Poland

Emergency workers rushed to the scene near the town of Przysucha, around 60 miles southeast of Warsaw

Deputy Infrastructure Minister Piotr Malepszak said that preliminary information suggested the crash happened after the truck driver was reportedly blinded by the sun.

A press officer for the Mazowian region police confirmed one person has died.

Among the injured were the drivers of the truck and the train, with the former getting trapped in his vehicle until firefighters managed to free him.

Four people were left seriously injured in the horror smash, which happened as the train travelled from the eastern city of Lublin to the northern port of Szczecin.

The collision occurred near the town of Przysucha, around 60 miles southeast of Warsaw at about 11.20am.

A fire service spokesman said: “The locomotive is on its side on the opposite track and some of the wagons are also on their side.”

The crumpled train was ripped from the tracks after colliding with a delivery truck

Air ambulances were deployed to help take the injured to hospital

The crippled train was made up of six carriages and was carrying around 120 passengers.

Two air ambulances were deployed to rush the injured to hospital.

All rail traffic on the line has been suspended until further notice.

A probe has been launched into the cause of the crash.

Horror images show the crumpled carriages of the derailed train

The route has been completely suspended following the collision

It comes just five days after another passenger train ploughed into a truck at a level crossing in Poland after the driver allegedly ignored a signal.

Footage shows the terrifying near-fatal crash between a 300-person passenger train and a lorry in the northern port city of Gdansk.

The large truck was caught between barriers on a level crossing after the driver reportedly ignored signals to wait on the road.

The driver attempted to move forwards and backwards to get off the tracks but failed to do so in time.

The fire service said it was alerted to the collision at about 12.30pm on September 3.

In June, three people were injured after two Polish passenger trains crashed and caused a carriage to derail.

Around 200 passengers were travelling on both trains when the horror impact occured.

Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/16974245/train-derails-hits-truck-poland/