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Bavaria train crash: at least eight dead in southern Germany | |
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At least eight people have died and scores have been injured – 50 seriously – after two commuter trains collided in southern Germany, police have said. | |
The crash happened near the Bavarian town of Bad Aibling at 6.48am on Tuesday. Several carriages overturned after the trains, which were travelling in opposite directions, collided head on. | |
Police said the death toll had risen to eight, with 50 people severely injured and a further 100 carrying light injuries. | |
Federal police spokesman Stefan Brandl cautioned that the toll would change: “The current number of dead and injured is a snapshot; this can and will change.” | |
The passengers were largely commuters travelling between Munich and Rosenheim. Because of school holidays, many children who would normally take the trains were not on board, a local newspaper said. | The passengers were largely commuters travelling between Munich and Rosenheim. Because of school holidays, many children who would normally take the trains were not on board, a local newspaper said. |
Rescue workers from across Bavaria and from Austria are on the scene. Injured people are being carried by helicopter and boat from the inaccessible site. | |
There is no information so far on the drivers of the trains or why they were on the single-lane track travelling in opposite directions at the same time. | There is no information so far on the drivers of the trains or why they were on the single-lane track travelling in opposite directions at the same time. |
“The accident is a huge shock for us. We’re doing everything to help the passengers, their relatives and train personnel,” Bernd Rosenbusch, head of the Bavarian overland train service BOB, told the local news portal Mangfall24. | “The accident is a huge shock for us. We’re doing everything to help the passengers, their relatives and train personnel,” Bernd Rosenbusch, head of the Bavarian overland train service BOB, told the local news portal Mangfall24. |
The railway line between Holzkirchen and Rosenheim has been closed indefinitely, and a replacement bus service is in operation. A press conference is expected to take place at midday. | The railway line between Holzkirchen and Rosenheim has been closed indefinitely, and a replacement bus service is in operation. A press conference is expected to take place at midday. |