- Title: GERMANY: Boulder crushes family home - father, daughter killed
- Date: 27th January 2010
- Summary: STEIN AN DER TRAUN, GERMANY (JANUARY 26, 2010) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) WIDE ACCIDENT SITE VARIOUS OF RESCUE EXPERTS CARRYING STRETCHER AMBULANCES WAITING MEDICS WORKING IN AMBULANCE / FILMED THORUGH WINDOW RESCUE EXPERTS ON RUBBLE PAN ACROSS COLLAPSED BUILDING FIREMEN (SOUNDBITE) (German) POLICE SPOKESMAN BERNHARD RESCH SAYING: "By now two additional people were f
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- Location: Germany
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
- Reuters ID: LVAC5OJJ1HDZ4G5ACDDKNJ3183LP
- Story Text: Boulder crashes down mountain and crushes house, killing father and daughter; mother and son pulled alive from rubble.
A family of four was crushed in southern Germany on Monday (January 25) by a boulder which broke off the side of a mountain and rammed into their house.
The father and an 18-year-old daughter died. The mother and a 16-year-old son were rescued.
A police spokesman said the two survivors were being treated in hospital but there was no word on their injuries.
The tragedy happened in the village of Stein an der Traun, about 90 kilometres south-east of Munich.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told reporters it was thanks to the amazing work of rescuers and firefighters that two members of the family were pulled out alive from the rubble and had a good chance of surviving their ordeal.
But the fact the father and daughter were killed made it a sad and terrible day for the community.
About 200 rescuers spent the night sifting through the debris of the house which had been completely destroyed. The body of the father was found first and then his daughter.
Rescue teams then made contact with the mother and the son and were able to dig them out.
Officials have not yet been able to explain what caused the boulder to break off from the side of the mountain. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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