Germany train crash: Several killed in Bavarian town of Bad Aibling
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Source: BBC
Two passenger trains have collided in the German state of Bavaria, with police saying several people have been killed and scores injured.
The head-on crash happened at Bad Aibling, a spa town about 60km (37 miles) south-east of Munich.
One of the trains was derailed in the crash and several carriages were overturned, German media reported.
Police said rescue teams were trying to free people still trapped in the wreckage.
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Two trains have collided head-on near the town of Bad Aibling in the southern German state of Bavaria. Police told German agencies that at least two people were killed in the crash.
The accident occured shortly after 6:48 a.m. local time (0548 UTC) on Tuesday. Two trains crashed head-on between the local stations of Holzkirchen and Rosenheim.
"There are around 100 injured, a number of seriously injured and several dead," a police spokesperson told Reuters news agency. The German news agency dpa quoted a police source as saying two people had died.
The serious casualties were airlifted to hospital by helicopter, while ambulances transported the rest.
http://www.dw.com/en/police-fatalities-in-bavarian-train-crash/a-19034690
'We really have no clue'
How the two trains came to collide head-on on a single rail line was still unclear, authorities say, but they are reluctant to speculate too much on whether human or technical error was at fault before data recorders are analyzed.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/europe/germany-train-collision/index.html
