Train crash

A train derailed near a Bavarian Alpine resort in southern Germany on Friday killing at least four people and injuring dozens in a region gearing up to host ...

Police and soldiers who had been deployed to prepare and secure the site ahead of the summit have now also been enlisted to help in the rescue operation. "In the serious train accident, as of 3:32 pm (1532 GMT), four people were fatally injured," said police in a statement. Several carriages of the red-coloured local train were lying on their sides on a grassy area next to a highway.

A regional train derailed to the north of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen ski resort in Bavaria and several carriages were lying on their sides, Bild said. Register ...

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A train derailed and overturned in the Alps in southern Germany on Friday, killing at least three people and injuring many others, police said.

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Sixteen others seriously injured in crash near resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, south of Munich.

Germany’s transport minister, Volker Wissing, spoke of a “catastrophe”, the full extent of which he said was yet to be understood. The line between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberau, north of the accident site, has been closed. Herrmann said no more passengers were believed to be trapped in or under the carriages.

At least four people die and some 30 are injured after a train derails in the state of Bavaria.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: A US soldier based at a nearby air base was driving past when the train derailed. Did you see what happened? The accident comes as Germany launched a new discounted rail ticket and Mr Sonntag said the regional train was "very crowded and many people were using it, hence the high number of injured". The area has started preparations to host the G7 summit of world leaders later this month and a number of police and soldiers deployed to the region were enlisted as part of the rescue operation. Mr Sonntag told reporters that 15 of the injured were in serious condition at a local hospital.

At least four people have been killed and dozens injured in a train crash in southern Germany. The regional service derailed north of the ...

A major rescue operation is underway, with a federal police spokesperson saying: ‘People are being pulled through the windows.’ Prosecutors and police have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident, the official said. ‘We grieve with the relatives of the victims and wish all who were injured a speedy recovery,’ Mr Söder said.

Three carriages overturned at least partly, and people were pulled out of the windows to safety. | ITV National News.

The line between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberau, north of the accident site, was closed. “Lots of respect and thanks to the rescue services for their swift help,” he tweeted. Police said on Twitter that four people were killed.

A train accident in the Alps in southern Germany on Friday left at least four people dead and many more injured, authorities said.

“Lots of respect and thanks to the rescue services for their swift help,” he tweeted.The line between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberau, north of the accident site, was closed. About 140 people were on the train at the time, including numerous students heading home from school for the Whitsun holiday. Police said the regional train headed for Munich appeared to have derailed shortly after noon in Burgrain — just outside the resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, from where it had set off.

A passenger train accident in southwestern China on Saturday killed the driver and injured eight people, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

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Train driver killed and at least eight passengers and staff injured after vehicle hits soil on tracks.

A train conductor was killed and eight other people injured after a high-speed train derailed in southern China on Saturday morning, state media CCTV ...

All have been completed since 2008. The remaining 136 passengers were safely evacuated, and the incident is under investigation, CCTV said. The train conductor died in hospital, CCTV said.

China's state broadcaster says the driver of a high-speed train was killed and eight people were injured when two cars derailed after hitting a mudslide.

The cause of the accident is under investigation. No one was killed, but several passengers were hospitalized with minor injuries. Hundreds of millions of passengers are carried annually, although that figure has been severely reduced under pandemic-related travel restrictions.