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Train accident near Garmisch: woman from Hesse among the fatalities

2022-06-07T07:23:32.459Z


Train accident near Garmisch: woman from Hesse among the fatalities Created: 07/06/2022, 09:09 By: Martina Lippl On the way to Munich, a regional train derailed near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Five people died and more than 40 were injured. A woman from Hesse also died in the train accident. Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Four women aged 32, 39 and 70 died in the train accident on Friday afternoon and,


Train accident near Garmisch: woman from Hesse among the fatalities

Created: 07/06/2022, 09:09

By: Martina Lippl

On the way to Munich, a regional train derailed near Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Five people died and more than 40 were injured.

A woman from Hesse also died in the train accident.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Four women aged 32, 39 and 70 died in the train accident on Friday afternoon and, according to the police, a 51-year-old.

The fifth victim recovered on Saturday is “a teenage boy”.

44 people were injured.

Train accident near Garmisch: woman from Hesse among the fatalities

A woman from Hesse was among the fatalities in the train accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

This was confirmed by a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior in Wiesbaden on Monday.

The relatives have been informed.

No further information, such as the woman's age, was given.

Hessenschau.de

reported

first .

Train accident near Garmisch: teenagers among the victims

The identification of the five fatalities was largely completed on Sunday.

The police initially did not provide any further information on the identity of the victims.

According to media reports, two Ukrainian women who fled from the war are said to be among the women – according to the

picture

, one had her child with her, who was injured.

The police did not confirm this information either.

As early as Sunday, however, the police were able to clarify all missing persons cases.

Immediately after the accident, numerous missing persons were mentioned.

Train accident in Garmisch: A wagon part that has been cut apart is lifted from the truck and stored in a nearby gravel works.

© Angelika Warmuth/dpa

In the train accident on Friday afternoon, parts of the train derailed for reasons that are still unclear.

There were also many schoolchildren on the train heading towards Munich.

After the train accident near Garmisch, prayer service for the victims of the accident

In the parish church of Maria Himmelfahrt in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, an ecumenical joint prayer was to be held on Monday evening to commemorate the victims of the train accident.

The service was to be held in German and Ukrainian, as the five dead included two women who had fled Ukraine, reports the afp news agency.

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Martin Dubberke, pastor of the Protestant parish of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, said in the BR that this was "really difficult to bear".

"The women escape the war in Ukraine and die on a train here".

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Source: merkur

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