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Bavaria train crash: at least four dead in southern Germany | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Four people have died and 15 people left critically injured after two trains collided near Bad Aibling in the southern German state of Bavaria. | |
The regional trains crashed head-on on the single track between Rosenheim and Holzkirchen shortly before 7am on Tuesday. | |
“The current toll is four dead, 15 critically injured, 40 severely injured and a total of 100 injured,” police spokesman Martin Winkler told AFP. | |
Another police spokesman, Stefan Sonntag, 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.” | |
Some people were stuck inside the wreckage of the train and rescue staff were trying to free them, he said. | Some people were stuck inside the wreckage of the train and rescue staff were trying to free them, he said. |
The German news agency DPA reported that one train derailed in the crash. It said eight rescue helicopters were standing by on a lawn near the entrance to Bad Aibling and further rescue staff were on the way to the scene. | |