Two people died in railway accident near Cologne, the German Federal Police said.
According to preliminary data, Intercity allegedly knocked down a group of workers on the tracks.
According to the local newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, workers were crossing tracks in the town of Hirt when they were swept away by a passenger train.
Rescuers and fire brigades arrived at the scene. Many were injured, according to police, who, however, did not give an exact number of victims. Bild reports five casualties.
The 2005 IC train was en route from the North Sea to the city of Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate and, shortly after passing through the Hirt, collided with people working on the tracks, according to a spokesman for Deutsche Bahn. Deutsche Bahn).
Traffic on the railway line between Cologne and Bonn is suspended until further notice.
Source: DW/Reuters.
Source: Kathimerini
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