9 killed, dozens hurt after head-on train crash in Germany
Nine people are dead, two are assumed missing and 50 seriously injured after a head-on collision between two trains in Germany's southern state of Bavaria, police said Tuesday.
Altogether, 100 to 150 people suffered injuries in the collision, police say.
The crash occurred shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday local time near the spa town of Bad Aibling, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) southeast of the Bavarian capital of Munich.
Speaking at a news conference, German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said one of the trains had "drilled" into the other, leaving a carriage "totally dismantled." He described the scene as a "horrible picture," saying it was estimated the trains had been traveling about 100 kph (62 mph) at the moment of impact.
The crash occurred on the Mangfall Valley Railway, a single-track regional rail line between the towns of Rosenheim and Holzkirchen, according to train company Meridian.
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