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Train captured two railway employees at Parsberg - one dead and one seriously injured

2023-01-17T11:34:00.277Z


The Upper Palatinate police are currently dealing with a tragic train accident. According to initial findings, one railway employee died and another was seriously injured.


The Upper Palatinate police are currently dealing with a tragic train accident.

According to initial findings, one railway employee died and another was seriously injured.

Update from January 17, 7.46 a.m .:

After the fatal accident on the railway line between Nuremberg and Regensburg, the police investigation into the cause of the accident continues.

An expert had been commissioned, said a police spokesman on Tuesday.

He was investigating the scene of the accident on Monday evening.

The spokesman could not estimate when a result will be available.

A locomotive hit two workers near Parsberg on Monday, who, according to initial investigations, had previously cut the green strip on the tracks.

A 38-year-old died at the scene of the accident.

A 53-year-old was seriously injured, but according to police, his life is not in danger.

Fatal train accident in Bavaria: route employees (38) hit by the locomotive

Update from January 17, 6:23 a.m.:

The railway line was released again after the serious accident on Monday at around 1:45 a.m.

A railway employee died in the accident and another was injured.

The dead man is a 38-year-old Polish national.

The injured worker, a 53-year-old Polish national, was taken to a hospital as an inpatient.

He's badly injured

Update from January 16, 7:52 p.m .:

The police have now given more information about the course of the train accident.

The accident happened shortly after 5 p.m., a police spokesman for

Merkur.de

reveals.

Two railway employees were busy clearing work near the tracks when they hit a single locomotive.

So no regular or regional train.

Fatal train accident in Bavaria: route employees hit by locomotive

One man was fatally injured and the other was taken to hospital with “very serious injuries”.

There was initially no information on the identity of the victims.

The railway line was initially completely closed.

"It will probably remain closed until 10 p.m.," said the spokesman.

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The accident happened on the Nuremberg-Regensburg route.

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Update from January 16, 6:35 p.m .:

A police spokesman confirmed

the fatal train accident on

Merkur.de demand.

He did not provide more detailed information about what happened.

The route is closed until further notice.

First report from January 16, 6:06 p.m.:

Parsberg – Not much is known about the train accident.

A train accident occurred near Parsberg (Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district), on the Regensburg-Nuremberg train route, late Monday afternoon (January 16), according to the Oberpfalz police headquarters.

A railway employee was killed and another seriously injured.

The background is still unclear.

Train accident in Bavaria: route closed due to the use of an emergency doctor

The Nuremberg Hbf and Regensburg Hbf route is currently closed due to the accident.

Deutsche Bahn speaks of an emergency medical service.

"Diversion between Nürnberg Hbf and Regensburg Hbf (both directions) without stopping.

Delays and partial cancellations.

Check the train run in the travel information," says the DB travel information.

More information will follow shortly.

All news from Regensburg and the surrounding area are always up to date and only available from us.

Source: merkur

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