Over 100 people have been hurt, seven seriously, after two trains collided head-on in Germany this morning. There are no immediate reports of fatalities.
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The scene of an accident in which two passenger trains with many school pupils aboard collided head on in Lindau, southern Germany.
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The accident happened near Lindau, a town on Lake Constance on the border with Switzerland. The two regional Deutsche Bahn trains collided on the local line between Lindau and nearby Friedrichshafen,
ITN
reports.
Mr Felix Kling (14), a passenger on one of the trains, said he and his brother could see a faster-moving train coming at them. "I got up and ran towards the back," he said.
He said there was little either train driver could do to prevent the crash: "They could brake a little but no one could do more".
German national railway officials say the oncoming train was travelling at a moderate speed and that neither train derailed. But the cars were damaged enough that rescuers had to pry passengers from the wreckage.
The seriously injured were taken by helicopter to the hospital; those lightly injured were treated at the scene, police say.
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