Two killed, 20 injured as train and truck collide in Germany

  • 2/10/2023
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Duesseldorf, Germany, Rajab 28 1436 AH, May 17 2015, SPA -- Two people were killed and 20 othersinjured near the German city of Osnabrueck on Saturday when a passenger train collided with slurry truck, police said, dpa reported. The accident happened on a level crossing just before the train was set to enter the town of Ibbenbueren. Three of those injured are incritical condition. Police spokesman Jochen Laschke said that a rescue team was deployed to the scene and that people suffering shock had been taken to a nearby community centre. Separately, a freight train derailed near the city of Kaiserslautern, causing rail services between Frankfurt and Paris to be closed down, a spokesman for rail operator Deutsche Bahn said on Saturday. No-one was injured in the incident, which saw several train carriages of a freight train leave the tracks. Travellers faced cancellations and delays, with many having to use rail replacement buses. -- SPA 11:22 LOCAL TIME 08:22 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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