Police officers are on the track bed: how could it happen that a regional express suddenly derailed?
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The public prosecutor’s office is investigating three people after the train accident with several deaths near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The accused are employees of Deutsche Bahn.
DAfter the train accident near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the public prosecutor’s office in Munich II initiated investigations against three people on suspicion of negligent homicide.
The accused are employees of Deutsche Bahn, said a spokeswoman for the Munich II public prosecutor on Tuesday at the request of the German Press Agency.
The regional train from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Munich derailed shortly after departure on Friday afternoon.
Soko “Zug” leads investigations
Four women and a 14-year-old from the region died and around 40 people were injured. One woman remains in critical condition. Among the women killed are two mothers from Ukraine who had fled to Bavaria with their children.
Part of a train car in which five people were killed and dozens injured is lifted onto a truck near the Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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The investigation into the cause of the accident is being carried out by a Soko “Zug”. The Federal Office for Railway Accident Investigation is also involved.
Deutsche Bahn announced that it is currently unable to comment due to the ongoing investigation. “Of course we are doing everything we can to support the investigating authorities in clarifying the cause of the accident,” said a railway spokesman on Tuesday.