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| Germany train crash: 'Four killed' and at least 100 injured as two trains collide near Bad Aibling in Bavaria | |
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| Four people are reported to have died and more than 100 have been injured after a head-on collision involving two trains in southern Germany. | |
| Police said one of the trains had derailed and several carriages overturned, and said it had been confirmed there had been fatalities. | |
| The early morning crash took place near Bad Aibling in Bavaria, but officiers said it 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. Local journalists said they had "never seen so many ambulances" congregated in one place. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | 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. | "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 quoted regional police as saying the death toll had risen to four, and 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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