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Rail worker detained after German train crash kills 2

Rail worker detained after German train crash kills 2 | iNFOnews.ca
Emergency services attend the scene after a cargo train and a passenger train collided in Aichach, 50 Kilometers west of Munich, southern Germany, Monday, May 7, 2018. At least two people have been killed. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP)

BERLIN – A train dispatcher was detained Tuesday after a passenger train hit a stationery freight train in southern Germany, killing two and injuring 14, police said.

The crash late Monday happened close to a station in the town of Aichach. The passenger train was travelling from Augsburg to Ingolstadt. Its 37-year-old driver and a 73-year-old female passenger were killed.

Police said in a statement Tuesday that they believe human error caused the head-on collision, but didn’t elaborate. The 24-year-old dispatcher was detained on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.

Police said the driver of the freight train was uninjured. One of the injured was in a serious condition.

In a separate incident in Bavaria, two people were killed Monday when a train hit their car at a crossing near Lake Starnberg.

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