GERMANY: Three people killed and thirteen others injured, seven of them seriously after a German regional train crashes into a service train in the country's southern state of Hesse

Record ID: 382856

  • Title: GERMANY: Three people killed and thirteen others injured, seven of them seriously after a German regional train crashes into a service train in the country's southern state of Hesse
  • Date: 14th April 2012
  • Summary: MUEHLHEIM, GERMANY (APRIL 13, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FIRE-FIGHTERS WORKING IN REGIONAL TRAIN WRECK WIDE OF WRECKED TRAIN CARRIAGE FIRE-FIGHTERS AND RESCUE WORKERS ON TRACKS (SOUNDBITE) (German) RAIL POLICE SPOKESMAN, KARSTEN EBERHARDT, SAYING: "Last night around 1 a.m., a regional train hit a service train with a digger which unfortunately left three people dead and 13 injured, seven of them seriously. Six people were lightly wounded." TRAIN WRECK (SOUNDBITE) (German) RAIL POLICE SPOKESMAN, KARSTEN EBERHARDT, SAYING: "We are still investigating the cause of this tragic accident. Experts are now analysing the accident for any clues and they are looking for any evidence which could help in the investigation." POLICE NEAR TRAIN / WRECKED TRAIN
  • Embargoed: 29th April 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Germany, Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA2JY685ZQZ8MTTBJFDA8BK6GUR
  • Story Text: A train crash in Germany in the early hours of Friday (April 13) left three people dead and injured 13 others, according to local police who said that seven passengers were seriously injured.
    "Last night around 1 a.m., a regional train hit a service train with a digger," rail police spokesman Karsten Eberhardt told reporters at the crash site.
    Eberhardt added that the cause of the accident near the southern town of Muehlheim in the state of Hesse was still unknown.
    "Experts are now analysing the accident for any clues and they are looking for any evidence which could help in the investigation," said Eberhardt.
    According to a written police statement, 35 passengers were on board the train which was heading from Frankfurt to Hanau.
    Muehlheim, where the accident happened, is located some 16 kilometres east of Germany's financial capital Frankfurt.
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