An individual has been killed and at the very least ten others have been left injured after two commuter trains crashed in Germany.
The crash occurred at round 4.40pm close to the S-Bahn city rail station of Ebenhausen-Schaeftlarn, southwest of Munich, Bavaria, with two commuter trains apparently slamming into one another head-on.
‘One individual died and there are injured folks – within the double-digit vary,’ a Munich police spokesman mentioned.
Photos in native media confirmed passengers standing subsequent to the observe after the collision, with at the very least one partially derailed carriage seen.
One individual died and at the very least ten others have been injured in a collision between two suburban trains at Schaeftlarn close to Munich
Members of the emergency companies work on the scene of an S-bahn commuter prepare accident the place one individual was killed and greater than ten injured
Greater than 200 rescue staff and police have been on the scene by the early night, the police spokesman mentioned.
One injured individual was initially trapped inside a carriage however was later freed, he added.
Germany’s top-selling Bild newspaper had earlier reported {that a} prepare driver was trapped within the mangled wreckage.
The stretch of observe in Germany’s Bavaria area has been closed with rail alternative bus companies working, Munich police mentioned.
Passengers on board the trains advised the Merkur newspaper that they felt a loud bang and have been thrown ahead.
In line with native radio, two S-Bahn trains practically collided in the identical space final August, however each drivers have been in a position to brake in time.
