Two passenger trains collide in Bavaria, Germany
Two passenger trains collided head-on near the town of Bad Aibling in Bavaria, Germany. One train reportedly derailed as a result of the collision. Police report more than one hundred fifty are multiple injured, more than fifty seriously injured, thus many dead but nine deaths are confirmed.. Local police spokesman Jürgen Thalmeier told. The train accident happened at 6.48 a.m. local time near Bad Aibling in the southeastern Germany.
Police spokesman Jürgen Thalmeier said the trains collided between the local railway stations of Holzkirchen and Rosenheim. The incident occurred at about 7 a.m. local time (6:00 GMT). Bad Aibling is 60 kilometers southwest of Munich.
Police said said that “several people have been killed in the crash.” Süddeutsche Zeitung reports that according to police about 150 people have been injured, of them 55 seriously. A police source said that nine people have been confirmed dead. This is the biggest accident we have had in years in this region and we have many emergency doctors, ambulances and helicopters on the scene,” police spokesman Stefan Sonntag told media agency.