An aerial view of the accident site in Bad Aibling on February 9, 2016. (Photo: Keystone / EPA)
The two injured in Upper Bavaria regional trains are probably "collided with a very high speed." The shocking statistic: At least nine dead and many injured.
In the most serious train accident in Bavaria for over 40 years, at least nine people are on Tuesday in Bad Aibling died. Among the dead are loudly BR, citing the police , the two train drivers and the two train conductors.
The two trains of the Bayerische Oberland Bahn, flying the brand Meridian, were traveling between Bad Aibling and Kolbermoor about 50 kilometers southeast of Munich. According to Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt they drove practically in a curve unrestrained love. On the route, which is operated by the Deutsche Bahn, a top speed of 100 kilometers per hour applies. "Trains must at very high speed collided be" Dobrindt told a news conference in Bad Aibling. a frightening picture have commanded on site.
Two commuter trains were cracked in the morning rush hour on the single-track line between Holzkirchen and Rosenheim frontal another. Here 18 people difficult and 63 travelers were slightly injured as police said. At least one victim was initially still missing and presumed in the rubble.
As the trains collided in the morning around 6 am 45 and the railcar wedged into one another, a derailed trains and several wagons tipped to one side."One train has formally drilled into the other and the car of the second train torn apart completely," Dobrindt reported affected. "These are images that also strongly emotional burden, because you can not imagine that such accidents can also occur in an instant."
The cause of the accident on the Mangfall Valley Railway also called track was initially unclear. It is "point-shaped train control system" controlled by using the; "A system that will automatically ensure that the meeting of trains does not take place by trains are forced to a standstill when they are unjustified at a track overrun signals or the like", described Dobrindt. The system was controlled until last week without any abnormalities during a routine examination.
Help himself came from Austria.
Helicopters brought the seriously injured to hospitals where all scheduled operations were canceled immediately in order to develop the capacity to care for victims. Numerous minor injuries were initially supplied in a collection. It also helped the Coast Guards, which brought the victim to the opposite shore and achievable.
The mountain rescue team was also in use. Partly attracted mostly volunteers victims in salvage sacks with winds at high helicopters and flew them to the other side. The population has been called to donate blood.
Once the dimensions of the disaster became ever bigger during the morning, spoke numerous politicians from home and abroad to the victims and their families their sympathy. "My thoughts are also with the many wounded who are struggling with the consequences of the accident," said about Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU). Even Russian President Vladimir Putin and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls joined the good wishes. The two major churches in Germany asked for "God's support and comfort."
Source : http://www.nzz.ch/panorama/ungluecksfaelle-und-verbrechen/schweres-unglueck-mehrere-verletzte-bei-zugunglueck-in-oberbayern-ld.5140
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