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[h=4]At least 9 dead, 150 injured after German train collision[/h]Rescue workers were responding to the accident near the town of Bad Aibling
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Several people were killed when two trains collided Tuesday morning near Bad Aibling, Germany, about 40 miles outside Munich. USA TODAY
Rescue personnel wait in Bad Aibling, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, after two regional trains crashed.(Photo: Matthias Schrader, AP)
BERLIN<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— Nine<span style="color: Red;">*</span>people died and about<span style="color: Red;">*</span>150<span style="color: Red;">*</span>were injured<span style="color: Red;">*</span>after two<span style="color: Red;">*</span>trains collided in the southern state of Bavaria, German police said Tuesday.
Police said everyone on board the train was pulled from<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the wreckage amid a chaotic and difficult to reach crash scene.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Several dozen people were seriously injured. The death toll may rise.
Helicopters and several ambulances<span style="color: Red;">*</span>responded<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to the accident near the town of Bad Aibling, German news agency DPA said. The crash occurred near a river that is surrounded by dense woodlands and uneven terrain.
Local news reports said the trains collided at 6:48 a.m. local time between the stations of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Holzkirchen and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Rosenheim.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Bad Aibling is approximately 40 miles southeast of Munich near Germany's border with Austria.
Both trains were partially derailed, the firm that operates the trains — Bayerische Oberlandbahn<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said in a statement on its website.
Bayerische Oberlandbahn<span style="color: Red;">*</span>did not say what caused the trains to collide.
Alexander Dobrindt, Germany's minister of transport, said it was not clear what caused the crash and if it was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>result of a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>human or technical<span style="color: Red;">*</span>error.
"As the collision occurred on a bend, it's conceivable that the two train drivers didn't see each other beforehand," he said, speaking at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a news conference.
The train line was one used by commuters and schoolchildren but it was less busy than usual because schools in the area were on vacation.
Serious train accidents are relatively rare in Germany. One of the worst incidents, not just in Germany but worldwide, took place in 1998 when a high-speed train derailed near the village of Eschede. One hundred and nine people died, according to DPA.
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