Tuesday, May 8, 2018

2 dead as trains collide in Germany


BERLIN - At least 2 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.

source: news.abs-cbn.com