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2 dead as trains collide in Germany

  (Agence France-Presse)
Berlin
Tue, May 8, 2018 Published on May. 8, 2018 Published on 2018-05-08T06:20:59+07:00

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A regional train produced by French rail giant Alstom and powered by a fuel cell stands at the railway station in Wiesbaden, western Germany, on April 13, 2018, during a presentation of the new technique. The regional Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) transport association is planning to replace its diesel locomotives running on four non-electrified side tracks in the Taunus region by fuel-cell-powered trains.
A regional train produced by French rail giant Alstom and powered by a fuel cell stands at the railway station in Wiesbaden, western Germany, on April 13, 2018, during a presentation of the new technique. The regional Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) transport association is planning to replace its diesel locomotives running on four non-electrified side tracks in the Taunus region by fuel-cell-powered trains. (dpa/AFP/Arne Dedert)

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t least two people were killed and several others were hurt when two trains collided late Monday in Germany, the national rail company said. 

The Deutsche Bahn network operator said that a commuter service hit a freight train between Ingolstadt and Augsburg in Germany's southern Bavaria region. 

"There are some seriously injured and others only lightly," a Deutsche Bahn spokesman told the German DPA press agency.

German police said that a total of 14 people were hurt.

The company did not immediately provide additional details into the possible causes of the collision.

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