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Train crash kills 3 people in Germany
Three people died in Germany after a passenger train collided with a construction train on Friday.
The accident happened early in the morning not far from the town Muehlheim am Main near Offenbach. The train derailed as a result of the collision.
Police said 13 people were injured, six of them are in serious condition, Itar-Tass reports.
The regional train, travelling from Frankfurt to Hanau, was carrying 35 passengers at the time of the accident. The train driver and two members of a construction crew were reportedly killed on the spot.
According to the police, the passenger train was going on the same direction where the maintenance crane was performing night work. Reasons of the accident are being investigated.
