GERMANY: Daylight pictures reveal the scale of last night's accident in which dozens were injured when a passenger train derailed in Mannheim in southern Germany.

Record ID: 344569

  • Title: GERMANY: Daylight pictures reveal the scale of last night's accident in which dozens were injured when a passenger train derailed in Mannheim in southern Germany.
  • Date: 2nd August 2014
  • Summary: MANNHEIM, GERMANY (AUGUST 2, 2014) (REUTERS) ACCIDENT SITE NEAR MAIN STATION MANNHEIM VARIOUS OF TIPPED OVER WAGONS VARIOUS OF UNDERCARRIAGE ACCIDENT SITE FREIGHT TRAIN AND PASSENGER TRAIN VARIOUS OF ENGINE OF TRAIN VARIOUS OF MANGLED WAGONS CRASH SITE OPERATIONS MANAGER FEDERAL POLICE, UDO GOERGEN, TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (German) OPERATIONS MANAGER FEDERAL POLICE, UDO GOERGEN, SAYING: "The Federal police is doing everything in order to figure out what caused the accident, meaning various investigations have already started and will be increased, there are helicopters flying here over the scene in order to get visual documentation. Everything will be evaluated and I hope we will find the cause for the accident very soon." POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER AT CRASHED ENGINE (SOUNDBITE) (German) OPERATIONS MANAGER FEDERAL POLICE, UDO GOERGEN, SAYING: "There were two wagons with dangerous goods, but there was no damage to them. They are totally undamaged and there is no danger." VARIOUS OF CRASH SITE, SEEN FROM STATION STATION CONCOURSE DESTINATION BOARD SHOWING DELAYED TRAINS PEOPLE LOOKING AT DESTINATION BOARD (SOUNDBITE) (German) MARTIN SCHMOLKE, SPOKESMAN FOR DEUTSCHE BAHN, SAYING: "The clean-up work can only start when the investigations (into the cause) by the authorities have been concluded. We have to wait until then. But when the investigations have come to an end, then our colleague will go out and try to salvage the damaged vehicles as soon as possible. And then we can start with the repair work on the tracks, overhead wires and signal installations." SIGN, READING (German) 'MANNHEIM' WIDE PASSENGER AT MAIN STATION
  • Embargoed: 17th August 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Accidents,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVA5OWH8ZG0Y7VE4GR8V9WX3TMFM
  • Story Text: A train derailment in the German town of Mannheim on Friday (August 1) evening left 35 people injured, according to police. 14 people had to be treated in hospital, four of them with severe but not life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
    A private freight train rammed a EuroCity express train near the main station of Mannheim for reasons yet unknown, causing the last two wagons of the passenger train to derail and tip onto their side. About 110 passengers were in the wagons at the time of the accident.
    "The Federal police is doing everything in order to figure out what caused the accident," said the operations manager of the Federal police, Udo Goergen. He said that is confident that they will determine the cause of the accident soon.
    The freight train also included two wagons with dangerous goods but they were undamaged, as operations manager of the Federal police, Udo Goergen, told the media: "There were two wagons with dangerous goods, but there was no damage to them. There are totally undamaged and there is no danger."
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