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Germany train crash: Human error to blame, says prosecutor | |
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Human error by a train controller was to blame for a crash in Bavaria, Germany, last week that killed 11 people, the prosecutor has said. | |
More than 80 people were injured after two commuter trains collided on a single-track stretch of railway. | |
The controller who opened the track to the two trains and tried to warn the drivers caused the crash, according to the prosecutor. | |
All 11 victims of the crash were men aged between 24 and 59. | |
The trains crashed head-on while both were travelling at about 100km/h (60mph) east of Bad Aibling, a spa town about 60km south-east of Munich. | |
Investigations focused on why the trains were on the tracks at the same time despite safety mechanisms. | |
The crash site is on a bend, meaning the drivers no visual contact so collided largely without braking, officials said. |