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| Germany train crash: 'Several killed' and scores injured as two trains collide in Bavaria | |
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| At least two people have died and up to 100 have been injured after two trains crashed into each other in southern Germany, according to local reports. | |
| Police said one of the trains had derailed and several carriages overturned, and said it had been confirmed there had been some deaths following what was described as a "head-on collision". | |
| The early morning crash took place near Bad Aibling in Bavaria, but it was too early to establish the exact number of unjuries. | |
| A spokeswoman for police in Upper Bavaria said eight rescue helicopters were standing on a lawn near the entrance to the town of Bad Aibling and further rescue staff were on the way to the scene of the crash. | |
| The crash involved two regional trains and took place shortly before 7am local time (6am GMT), on a stretch of the track between Rosenheim and Holzkirchen. | |
| At around 9am (8am GMT), police spokesman Stefan Sonntag told AP there were still some people trapped inside the wreckage of the trains. | |
| Mr Sonntagg said two deaths were confirmed and that there were many injured, but that confusion at the scene meant it was impossible to provide specific numbers. | |
| "This is the biggest accident we have had in years in this region and we have many emergency doctors, ambulances and helicopters on the scene," he said. | |
| Local broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk 24 said the crash had taken place near a sewage treatment plant amid a spell of cold weather in southern Bavaria. Images posted to social media showed the crash site appeared to be in a wooded area next to a canal. BR 24 said the nearest main road was frozen at the time of the crash, and that the incident was causing extensive local transport delays. | |
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