Germany train crash kills 10
A head-on collision between a cargo train and a passenger train killed 10 people and injured 23 others in eastern Germany, and left wreckage scattered across a frost-covered field. Police officers inspect the overturned passenger train after it crashed in Hordorf Photo: AP Authorities said they believe the death toll in one of Germany’s worst train accidents ever could still rise. The trains crashed in heavy fog late on Saturday on a single-line track near the village of Hordorf, 125 miles southwest of Berlin, vaulting the passenger train from the track and tipping it onto its side. The front rows of the first passenger compartment were crushed and several seats lay outside the train. Both…
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