TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - German Police reported that nine people were killed and 108 others injured when two passenger trains collided head-on near a Bavarian spa town about 60 km southeast of Munich on Tuesday, February 9, 2016.
Among the 108 people injured, 18 were climd to have suffered serious injuries, after the crash at a peak commuter time of 6:48 AM local time near Bad Aibling in the southern state of Bavaria near the border with Austria. One of the trains was derailed.
Dozens of rescue teams were deployed to the crash site and while helicopters transported some of the victim to nearby hospitals. The area was sealed off and alongside the rescue effort, a crash investigation had begun, police said.
The trains' operator, Meridian, is part of French passenger transport firm Transdev, which is jointly owned by state-owned bank CDC and water and waste firm Veolia.
Transdev said in a statement that management and staff were terribly shocked by the "exceptionally serious accident" and that Chief Executive Jean-Marc Janaillac was at the scene.
German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt, also at the site of the crash, said it was unclear whether it had been due to a technical failure or human error.
REUTERS
