BERLIN: An intercity train collided with a lorry at a crossing in Germany on Tuesday, leaving one person dead and around a dozen injured, emergency services and the Deutsche Bahn (DB) train company said.
DB said in a statement that the accident happened at around 2:00 pm (1300 GMT) at a road crossing in Hamburg´s southern Roenneburg area on the route towards Bremen, adding that “one person was fatally injured” and that several others were hurt.
The fire department of the northern city-state of Hamburg had earlier said “12 people have been hurt, 10 of them lightly”.
Around 80 fire service personnel were on the scene, it added on social media platform X.
DB said it was “supporting the authorities in any way we can in investigating the cause and circumstances of the accident”.
According to the Bild daily, around 300 people were on board the inter-city express train at the time of the accident.
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