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Several fatalities after train strikes truck in Germany One dead as train hits truck stuck on tracks in Germany
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Several people were killed when a train hit a truck at a crossing in southern Germany, police have said. Other people were reportedly injured in the accident late on Thursday in Freihung, in eastern Bavaria, the DPA news agency reported. A train hit a truck at a crossing in southern Germany on Thursday night and at least one person was killed, police said.
According to early reports, the collision occurred after the truck became stuck on the tracks. The impact then triggered an explosion. Other people were injured in the accident late on Thursday near Freihung, in eastern Bavaria, the DPA news agency reported. The truck, which was towing a low-loader with a military vehicle, apparently got stuck on the tracks and was hit by the train, setting off an explosion, it said.
More soon … Photos from the site showed the front of the regional train’s first car was blackened by fire and the windows of the cab blown out.
Police said one body had been recovered by early Friday morning, and rescuers were still looking for the train driver. Two people are believed to have been in the truck, one of whom was able to get out. An unspecified number of people were injured.