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One of the overturned wagons is lifted from the scene of the accident
Photo: Katherine Rydlink / DER SPIEGEL
The wagons are still lying overturned next to the track.
Windows have been blown out and debris is scattered.
The helpers worked all night under floodlights.
Another fatality was found during the salvage work on Saturday afternoon, bringing the total number to five people.
Four of them are female, no statement can be made about the fifth victim at the moment, just as little about the injured.
The police are currently not assuming any further victims.
The number of missing is currently between seven and 14, but is not valid.
It is assumed that most of these cases can be resolved and the number will decrease.
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing visits the scene of the accident and is touched: »We are deeply moved at this scene of the accident, the extent is dramatic.
We express our deepest condolences to the relatives.
The matter will be further clarified and extensively processed.
Our thoughts go to the victims and the bereaved«.
Bahn boss Richard Lutz is also affected: "We are depressed because people died here - young people who still had a whole life ahead of them." At a press conference, he thanked the many emergency services and volunteers for their commitment.
There were 140 people on the train
On Friday afternoon, several regional train wagons derailed on the way to Munich in the Burgrain district.
Several of the train's double-decker cars overturned, slid down an embankment and ended up lying next to a main road.
At least four of the approximately 140 people on the train died, and children were among the injured.
Some of the victims suffered serious injuries and required emergency surgery.
It was one of the worst rail accidents in Germany in recent years.
The salvage work was difficult.
Two attempts to lift the wagons failed.
Lifting bags were also used.
The wagons were "twisted and twisted," said the police spokesman.
'That's what makes recovery so difficult.
You have to go step by step,” said the spokesman.
There was initially no new information about the cause of the accident on Saturday.
According to the police, the driver was questioned.
However, the police did not say what he said.
»We investigate in all directions«
So far, the only certainty is that a collision with another vehicle can be ruled out.
"We're investigating in all directions," said the announcer.
“The exact cause of the accident has not yet been determined.
On site, all experts were of the opinion that the most likely cause would have to be a technical defect on the track or on the train," said Bavaria's Minister of Transport Christian Bernreiter (CSU) at the request of the German Press Agency.
He had previously made similar statements on Bavarian Radio.
The district office in Garmisch-Partenkirchen announced that by the end of the salvage work, car traffic in the region will probably also be affected by disabilities in the middle of next week.
Traffic from Autobahn 95 is to continue to be diverted on a large scale, with the highway remaining closed to the south.
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