Two people died and dozens more were injured on Wednesday when two trains collided at a village in the west of the Czech Republic, police said.

-We can confirm that two people lost their lives- national police said on Twitter.

-Dozens of injured people were reported at the scene. We are helping with the evacuation of passengers.-

The police said the accident happened shortly after 8:00 am (0600 GMT) at Milavce.

-At the moment 31 people whose lives are not in danger are being treated, seven people are in a critical state and two are dead- Plzen region rescue teams' spokesperson Maria Svobodova told iRozhlas.cz

The Munich to Prague train number Ex 351 collided with a regional service between the Czech towns of Plzen and Domazlice.

Czech Transport Minister Karel Havlicek said "the Ex 351 did not respect a signal... and crashed into the regional train".

-The situation is serious- Havlicek said as he headed to the scene of the accident.

Two train crashes in the Czech Republic in July last year left three people dead and dozens injured.