Three people were killed and several others injured when a regional passenger train derailed in a wooded area in southwestern Germany on Sunday, police said.<\/p>\n
About 100 passengers were aboard the train, when the accident occurred at around 6:10 pm (1610 GMT) near the town of Riedlingen in Baden-Wuerttemberg state.<\/p>\n
Contacted by AFP, police initially said four people had been killed before correcting their statement to three victims.<\/p>\n
Authorities declined to elaborate on the number of injured or how seriously hurt they were, though tabloid Bild cited emergency workers saying there were 50 injured.<\/p>\n
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn confirmed several deaths and numerous injured. Two train carriages had derailed “for reasons yet unknown”, it added.<\/p>\n
Authorities were currently investigating the circumstances of the accident, the operator said, and traffic had been suspended over a 40-kilometre (25-mile) stretch of the route.<\/p>\n
German media reported that a landslide might have caused the accident as severe storms swept through the region, according to weather services.<\/p>\n
The passenger train was travelling from the German town of Sigmaringen to the city of Ulm when it derailed in a forested area.<\/p>\n
– Outdated train infrastructure –<\/p>\n
In a post on social media, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his condolences to the families of those killed.<\/p>\n
He added that he was in close contact with both the interior and transport ministers, and had asked them to “provide the emergency services with all the support they need”.<\/p>\n
Footage from the scene of the accident showed yellow-and-grey-coloured train carriages lying on their sides, as firefighters and emergency services tried to get to the passengers.<\/p>\n
According to local TV station SWR, helicopters arrived shortly after the accident to transport the injured to hospitals in the area, and emergency doctors from nearby hospitals were alerted.<\/p>\n
German transport is regularly criticised by passengers for its outdated infrastructure, with travellers facing frequent train delays, and various technical problems.<\/p>\n
The government has pledged to invest several hundred billion euros over the next few years, in particular to modernise infrastructure.<\/p>\n
In June 2022, a train derailed near a Bavarian Alpine resort in southern Germany, killing four people and injuring dozens.<\/p>\n
Germany’s deadliest rail accident happened in 1998 when a high-speed train operated by state-owned Deutsche Bahn derailed in Eschede in Lower Saxony, killing 101 people.<\/p>\n
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