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Also reports of fatalities Train derailed in Baden-Württemberg - several injured

Tagesschau

Germany

Sunday, July 27


Rettungskräfte suchen in einem entgleisten im baden-württembergischen Kreis Biberach nach Fahrgästen.

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A train derailed in the Biberach district of Baden-Württemberg. Several people were killed. Rescue workers are searching the derailed carriages for other injured people. The full extent of the damage cannot yet be assessed.

A passenger train derailed in southeastern Baden-Württemberg. Several people were injured, according to a spokesperson for the Stuttgart Federal Police.

The news agency dpa reports, citing security sources, that several people were killed in the accident. Authorities have not yet officially confirmed this.

A passenger train derailed near Riedlingen in the Biberach district. Further details were initially unclear. Federal police forces were still en route to the scene of the accident, a spokesperson said. They have a long way to go.

Wagons were torn open and lie on their sides

The Reutlingen control center reported a so-called"mass casualty incident" - in rescue services, this refers to a situation in which a large number of injured or sick people need to be cared for.

The first photos from the scene of the accident show carriages of a yellow and white train lying on their sides on a wooded track.

Baden-Württemberg's Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) is on his way to the scene of the accident. He will assess the rescue efforts, his spokesperson said. Emergency personnel from the fire department, rescue services, and state and federal police are on site.

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