At Least Two Dead After Trains Collide in Southern Germany
A goods train and a passenger train collided on Monday, several injured according to the local media.
Reuters
May 08 2018
Firefighters and paramedics work at the scene where two trains collided in Aichach near Augsburg, Germany May 8, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Michael Dalder
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Berlin: A goods train and a passenger train collided in southern Germany on Monday, rail operator Deutsche Bahn said, and local media reported two people were killed.
Deutsche Bahn said in a statement on its website that the collision took place at around 9:20 pm local time (1920 GMT) near the Aichach station on the line between Ingolstadt and Augsburg in Bavaria.
Deutsche Bahn and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung both reported police as saying that two people were killed and several injured.
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