The accident occurred in the Riedlingen area, in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg
Tragedy in Germany where in the late afternoon of Sunday 27 July a passenger train It has derailed, for reasons still to be ascertained, in the Bibarach district, in the Baden-Wuttemberg region.
Railway accident in Germany
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According to what reported by Bild, The accident would have occurred at 6.10 pm, the budget would be At least 3 deaths and over 30 injured among the approximately 100 passengers who were aboard the regional expression of the Deutsche Bahn (the German public company) traveling between Sigmaringen and Ulma. “Two vagons of the train are derailed,” said a Federal Police spokesman for Stuttgart at the Bild. On the spot they came several rescuers Between firefighters, police and sanitary ware who worked to free the passengers trapped in the wagons. It was not easy to reach the vagons of the train that was derail in an area where the tracks are surrounded by a thick wooded area.
The first images that came from the accident site showed some Fallen trees, at least one Incorned wagon on one side. The scene was obviously heartbreaking for the rescue staff who arrived at the tragedy site. The railway line was closed.
The possible causes
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One was underway in the area violent storm that may have caused the fall of a tree on the tracks or a structural failure of the ground that may have made the train derail.
The reaction of the chancellor
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“The accident in the Biverach district is a shock for me” wrote the German chancellerie on x Friedrich Merz. “I am in continuous contact with the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Transport and I asked to support rescue with all means. We cry the victims, I express my condolences to families”.
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