Police say at the least one useless and a number of other injured in commuter trains collision close to Munich

Not less than one particular person died and a number of other had been injured when two commuter trains collided at a prepare station within the Southern German city of Schaeftlarn close to Munich on Monday (February 14), police mentioned.

The accident occurred within the late afternoon at prepare station of Ebenhausen-Schaeftlarn southwest of the Bavarian capital.

“The trains have been travelling right here on a single-track, they collided head-on with one another,” Munich police spokesperson Andreas Franken informed reporters on the web site. “In line with what we all know thus far, we’re coping with 14 injured folks. Sadly, we additionally should report one useless particular person. However there are as much as 80 extra folks right here now,” he added.

Because of the massive rescue operation part of the rail observe needed to be fully closed quickly.

(Reuters)