3 killed in fatal train crash in southwestern Germany
STUTTGART (dpa)Three people were killed in a fatal train crash in southwestern Germany, with police citing a landslide triggered by heavy rains as likely reason behind the accident."The water triggered a landslide in the embankment area near the tracks, which in turn probably caused the derailment," investigators said.The regional train derailed near Riedlingen in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg on Sunday evening, police said. The victims were the train driver, another employee of Deutsche Bahn, Germany's state-owned rail operator, and a passenger.According to the latest information from investigators, at least 41 people were injured.On Sunday night, Biberach district fire chief Charlotte Ziller had spoken of 50 people injured in the crash, including 25 seriously, while a spokesman for Germany's federal police had said that about 100 people were on the affected train of the RE 55 line, which was travelling from Sigmaringen to Ulm.
Earlier, there had been a storm in the region.
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