During the storm near Templin (Uckermark) on the railway line to Eberswalde, a train driver was killed by a falling branch.
He was seriously injured in a hospital, where he died on Friday morning, as the police in Frankfurt / Oder announced.
The 50-year-old had stopped his regional train on Thursday afternoon to remove branches together with a colleague that had fallen from trees on the tracks and prevented him from continuing.
Templin / Frankfurt / Oder - He was hit by a branch himself.
dpa