Horse runs on railroad track and is hit by train - animal dies in collision
Created: 01/04/2022, 5:15 pm
From: Katarina Amtmann
A horse was hit by a train near Regensburg (symbol picture) © Philipp von Ditfurth / dpa / symbol picture
There was a fatal collision near Regensburg.
A train caught a horse that ran onto the tracks.
It couldn't prevent an emergency stop.
Zeitlarn - A horse was run over by a train near Regensburg.
On Tuesday lunchtime, the animal ran onto a railroad track in the municipality of Zeitlarn and was hit by a regional train that was traveling from Regensburg in the direction of Weiden, the police said.
The driver initiated an emergency stop, but the horse was killed in the collision.
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Zeitlarn / Regensburg: Horse hit by train and killed
The approximately 120 passengers remained uninjured, according to the police.
The railway line then had to be closed in both directions.
According to initial findings, the animal had run away from a nearby horse farm, it said.
How it escaped from there was initially unclear.
(came / dpa)
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