BERLIN - A passenger train crashed in western Germany after
colliding on a crossing with an tractor transporting manure,
killing two people and injuring 20, police said on Saturday.
The train, which was carrying
around 40 people en route from Osnabrueck in northwestern Germany
to Ibbenbueren - a small town about 23 km (15 miles) away - crashed
at 11.31 local time (5.31 a.m. ET)outside Ibbenbueren, police
said.
It came to a standstill on the tracks 200-300 meters (yards)
away from the crash site. Police said the front of the train and
one of its sides was "badly damaged".
Of the 20 people injured, 3
are seriously injured, police said.
Everybody who was on board the
train at the time of the crash has now disembarked and the injured
are being treated at the crash site or in hospital while others
suffering from shock were receiving psychological care, police
said.
The driver of the tractor is
under shock but not physically injured, police said. The trailer
attached to his tractor was destroyed.
REUTERS