According to the local police, at least three people died in a train accident on Friday morning near Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria. Several helicopters from Austria intervened on site. The line has been temporarily closed.
At least three people were killed and several injured in the accident involving a regional train that derailed in the Bavarian Alps in southern Germany, local police said on Friday. Several wagons on the Garmisch-Partenkirchen connection went off the tracks in Burgrain, killing three people and injuring an “undetermined number of other passengers”, the Bavarian police said in a press release.
“Rescue and evacuation operations are proceeding rapidly,” added the police. Help was also sent from neighboring Austria. Photos published by the German media show the partially derailed regional train, wagons lie in a forested area in a mountainous region.
I have to cry now. A train derailed yesterday. I hope the train wasn’t full and it’s going well. How can this happen? pic.twitter.com/X0nRtIKwOa
— Gabillilli (@Gabilillileni) June 3, 2022
The victims were treated on site by doctors. The cause of the accident and the exact number of injuries are not yet known.
At least three people died in a train accident in Germany. NETWORK PICTURES – MATHIAS HEINE
The accident happened about ten kilometers away from where the summit of the G7 heads of state and government is to take place at the end of June, planned in the 5-star complex of Schloss Elmau. Two days after it came into effect, a monthly ticket for 9 euros was released, with which you can use regional trains throughout Germany, an offer that has convinced many Germans.