School students were among the 60 people on board when the crash occurred in Bavaria. Bavaria Germany derailed
Emergency and rescue forces work on the site of a train crash in Burgrain, Germany, on Friday, 3 June, 2022.A train derailed near a Bavarian Alpine resort in southern Germany on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens in a region gearing up to host the G7 summit in late June.
Bavaria's interior minister Joachim Herrmann said three of the victims were found dead, while a fourth succumbed to her injuries on the way to the hospital. German Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser speaks to media representatives at the scene after a serious train accident on 3 June, 2022.There were many school students on board the train, the regional Muenchener Merkur newspaper reported, citing local paper the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Tagblatt.
Part of the route between Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen has been blocked off and traffic diverted, said German rail operator Deutsche Bahn, which was not yet able to provide a reason for the accident. Emergency and rescue forces operate at the scene after a serious train accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, on 3 June, 2022.Popular mountain resort Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the surrounding region have begun preparations to host the G7 summit of world leaders later this month.