Germany: 2 die in rail crash

Photo: AP Train crash at Immenstadt

The collision occurred at around 1100 (local time) on Thursday February 18, 1999 near the town of Immenstadt in southern Germany. An express train was travelling between Obertsdorf and Dortmund when the two rear carriages became derailed. A local train proceeding in the opposite direction collided with the last carriage of the express. The locomotive of the local train fell on its side and all seven carriages were derailed.

A woman was killed instantly and a man died later in hospital. Estimates of the number of injured range between 22 and 33. A spokesman said that 11 of the casualties were seriously injured.