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Germany: Two killed and 20 injured in train crash

2015-05-16 1 Dailymotion

Two people were killed on Saturday and 20 more injured in a collision between a packed passenger train and a farm vehicle in western Germany.<br /><br /> At least three of those hurt are in a serious condition after the crash on a level crossing near the town of Ibbenbueren.<br /><br /> It is thought a tank containing manure had got stuck on the railway line. <br /><br /> The driver of the farm vehicle, in shock but unhurt, tried to prevent the tragedy by attracting the attention of the train driver. <br /><br /> Passengers who started their journey in the city of Osnabrueck ended it in a field. <br /><br /> “I tried to help,” said one survivor.<br /><br /> “I heard the driver screaming: ‘Open the door!’ And then I saw he was lying, probably dead behind the door, with a lot of debris lying around.”<br /><br /> “I only know that we were braking suddenly,” another passenger said. <br /><br /> “After that, there was a big bang and glass was shattering behind me.”<br /><br /> The train, carrying around 40 people, eventually came to a standstill on the tracks some 300 metres awa

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