2 dead as trains collide in Germany
08 May 2018 / 12:52 H.
Firefighters work at the scene where two trains collided on late May 7, 2018 in Aichach, killing two people and Injuring several others. — AFP
BERLIN: At least two people were killed and several others were hurt when two trains collided late Monday in Germany, the national rail company said.
The Deutsche Bahn network operator said that a commuter service hit a freight train between Ingolstadt and Augsburg in Germany's southern Bavaria region.
"There are some seriously injured and others only lightly," a Deutsche Bahn spokesman told the German DPA press agency.
German police said that a total of 14 people were hurt.
The company did not immediately provide additional details into the possible causes of the collision. — AFP