Two Meridian passenger trains collided head-on near the town of Bad Aibling in Bavaria, Germany. One train reportedly derailed as a result of the collision. Police said on Tuesday that 10 people were dead, 17 were critically injured and one person was missing after a collision.
Two Meridian passenger trains collided head-on near the town of Bad Aibling in Bavaria, Germany. One train reportedly derailed as a result of the collision. Police said on Tuesday that 10 people were dead, 17 were critically injured and one person was missing after a collision.
According to CNN, the crash occurred shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday local time near the spa town of Bad Aibling, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) southeast of the Bavarian capital of Munich.
German transport minister, Alexander Dobrindt, told reporters the trains had crashed at a bend on the Mangfall Valley Railway, a single-track regional rail line between the towns of Rosenheim and Holzkirchen. "There's a curve there, so we must assume that the train drivers must not have been able to see each other beforehand," he said.
Rescue workers have uncovered two black boxes and now are searching for a third one. The Guardian informs the black boxes would likely hold the key to the cause of the accident, as the transport minister said.
