Train accident in Garmisch: Ukrainian women die in rubble - can their husbands now go to their children?
Created: 06/07/2022, 10:07 am
By: Andrea Stinglwagner, Veronika Mahnkopf
They did not survive the train accident: Alexandra K. (left) and Suraj V. are two of the five fatalities.
They fled the Ukraine with their children and sought refuge in Werdenfelser Land © private
Suraj V. and Alexandra K. left Ukraine with their children to survive - now they died in the terrible train accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen - They wanted to save their lives, fled the war in their homeland and sought safety in Germany for themselves and their children.
The fact that Suraj V. and Alexandra K. died in the train accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, just a few weeks after fleeing Ukraine, is as bitter as it is deeply sad.
Train accident in Garmisch: Dead Ukrainians leave children behind
The two women were on the train that derailed on Friday afternoon in the Burgrain district.
They are two of the five fatalities in this drama.
And leave behind a daughter and a son who are now being cared for by close relatives.
Whether their fathers can come to them - men are currently not allowed to leave Ukraine - is one of the questions that must now be clarified.
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On the Internet, sympathy for the fate of women is great.
But also with the local people who took care of the Ukrainians when they arrived in Bavaria after fleeing.
One of them is Waldemar Meyer.
In a video, he reports to the BR how he found out about the death of one of the two women.
Train accident in Garmisch: refugee helpers had planned an excursion with an accident woman
He was on vacation in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at the time of the accident and only found out on Whit Monday that the woman he was supporting as a refugee helper had died.
He found this news to be “rather shocking, of course”.
He had planned a short trip to Lake Constance with the woman and her son for the next few days, "then fate strikes".
Waldemar Meyer finds it particularly appalling that this woman "reluctantly left her own country" out of fear for her son, "in the hope of returning as soon as possible" and that this "unexpected, terrible fate" has now overtaken her.
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As the BR journalist who interviewed Meyer wrote on Twitter, the refugee helper is now planning to obtain compensation from the train for the son of the deceased Ukrainian.
A total of four women (aged 32, 39, 51 and 70) and a teenager died in the debris of the train.
40 people were injured, some seriously.
The cause of the train accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is still being sought.
You can find more current news from the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen at Merkur.de/Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
