A passenger train on Wednesday struck a group of maintenance workers on the tracks, killing two of them and injuring four others, police said.

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A passenger train struck a group of Slovene maintenance workers Wednesday morning, killing two. (Fox News)

The collision happened near the southwestern town of Postojna at around 9 a.m., the official STA news agency said.

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The report says the injured workers were seriously hurt. No other details were immediately available.