One killed and 12 injured in German train crash

The ICE train had 291 people on board at the time of the collision on Tuesday

Rich Booth
Wednesday 12 February 2025 08:55 GMT
The site of an accident after a Deutsche Bahn high-speed train collided with a semi-trailer in Hamburg
The site of an accident after a Deutsche Bahn high-speed train collided with a semi-trailer in Hamburg (EPA)

A crash between a high-speed train and a truck on the outskirts of the German city of Hamburg has left one person dead and 25 others injured, six of them seriously, police said.

The ICE train had 291 people on board at the time of the collision on Tuesday with a truck that was loaded with rails.

Police said the uninjured passengers were evacuated and taken to a nearby station by bus.

A 55-year-old passenger died at the scene.

The train rammed the truck on a crossing and windows in cars at the front of the train shattered, the German news agency dpa reported, citing a witness.

The truck’s load was strewn around the accident site.

The site of an accident after a Deutsche Bahn high-speed train collided with a semi-trailer in Hamburg, Germany, 11 February 2025
The site of an accident after a Deutsche Bahn high-speed train collided with a semi-trailer in Hamburg, Germany, 11 February 2025 (EPA)

It was not immediately clear what led to the accident. The truck driver was taken in for questioning.

By Wednesday morning, the train had been towed away and one track of the railway line had been reopened.

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