Rescue workers search for passengers in the derailed train. Photo / Thomas Warnack/ via Getty Images)
Rescue workers search for passengers in the derailed train. Photo / Thomas Warnack/ via Getty Images)
Three people have been killed and others injured after a regional train carrying about 100 passengers derailed in southwestern Germany, police say.
“The accident occurred at around 6.10pm [5.10am NZT] near the town of Riedlingen in Baden-Wuerttemberg state,” a police spokesperson told AFP.
“At least three people were injured,”the spokesperson added, without elaborating on the severity of the injuries.
According to German daily Bild, the passenger train was travelling from the German town of Sigmaringen to the city of Ulm when at least two train carriages derailed in a wooded area.
Footage from the scene of the crash showed yellow-and-grey-coloured train carriages lying on their sides, as firefighters and emergency services were trying to gain access to the passengers.
It was not immediately clear what had caused the accident.
