Two trains have collided in Germany leaving dozens of people injured

The crash in Duisburg - a city in north-west Germany - has left at least 35 people injured and two in a serious condition.

One of the severely injured passengers has “a head wound” and others have cuts and bruises, local media reports.

The train collision took place in the tunnel at "Auf dem Damm" station in the Meiderich quarter, which is an underground Stadtbahn Rhein-Ruhr station.

Pictures from the crash show an entire pane of glass from one of the trains smashed onto the track.

Both trains appear to have been damaged in the collision.</s>At least 35 people were injured in an underground train collision in the western German town of Duisburg on Tuesday, according to the local fire service.

The incident occured in an underground tunnel in the district of Meiderich, when one train drove into the tail end of another, German news reports said.

Two people were reportedly hospitalised following the crash but no one was injured critically.</s>Two trains have collided in Germany leaving dozens of people injured

The crash in Duisburg - a city in north-west Germany - has left at least 35 people injured and two in a serious condition.

One of the severely injured passengers has “a head wound” and others have cuts and bruises, local media reports.

The train collision took place in the tunnel at "Auf dem Damm" station in the Meiderich quarter, which is an underground Stadtbahn Rhein-Ruhr station.

Pictures from the crash show an entire pane of glass from one of the trains smashed onto the track.

Both trains appear to have been damaged in the collision.</s>Two trains collide in Germany, more than 20 injured

A police official told Reuters the two trains had run into each other in a tunnel, but that the cause remained under investigation. — Picture via TwitterBERLIN, April 3 — Nearly two dozen people were injured, two of them seriously, when two underground trains collided in the western German city of Duisburg today, local police said.

A police official told Reuters the two trains had run into each other in a tunnel, but that the cause remained under investigation. He said 20 people had sustained minor injuries.

A transit official said the accident occurred around 1520 CET (1320 GMT) under the Ruhr river.

Local newspapers and television stations said more than 30 people had been injured in the accident.

Buses were dispatched to ferry passengers and to help keep rush-hour traffic running, the transit agency spokesman said.

Germany remains on high alert for possible militant attacks after 12 people were killed in a truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market in December 2016. — Reuters</s>Two trains have collided in Duisburg-Meiderich in Germany.

According to local media reports, at least 20 people were injured, two of them seriously.

More as we have it.</s>BERLIN: Nearly two dozen people were injured, two of them seriously, when two underground trains collided in the western German city of Duisburg on Tuesday, local police said.

A police official told Reuters the two trains had run into each other in a tunnel, but that the cause remained under investigation. He said 20 people had sustained minor injuries.

A transit official said the accident occurred around 1520 CET (1320 GMT) under the Ruhr river.

Local newspapers and television stations said more than 30 people had been injured in the accident.

Buses were dispatched to ferry passengers and to help keep rush-hour traffic running, the transit agency spokesman said.

Germany remains on high alert for possible militant attacks after 12 people were killed in a truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market in December 2016.</s>Two trains have collided in Duisburg-Meiderich, Germany, according to a local transport company. At least 20 people were injured, two of them seriously, local media report.

The incident occurred on Tuesday in a suburb of the western German city of Duisburg. Two light trains collided near the Auf dem Damm station, a local transport company has confirmed in a Facebook post.

The company has stressed the trains did not collide head-on-head, dismissing earlier media reports on the incident. It did not provide any details on the number of casualties. Local media, however, reported that at least 20 people were injured, two of them seriously.

One of the victims sustained a head injury, RP-Online reported. The majority of those affected suffered only minor injuries, however, a source with local emergency services told the news outlet.

Initial photos from the scene suggest that one train hit another from the rear, but the exact cause of the incident remains unknown. Some 80 rescuers and 30 vehicles were deployed to the scene, Focus Online reported, citing an emergency services spokesperson.

The victims have reportedly been attended to by paramedics on the street just outside the train station. A helicopter of the emergency services was also seen at the site. The station remains closed after the incident.</s>Police say one subway train has run into another in the western German city of Duisburg, slightly injuring more than 20 people.

The German news agency dpa reports that the fire service says there were no serious injuries in Tuesday's accident.

The Auf dem Damm subway stop in the city's Meiderich district was closed as emergency services dealt with the incident.

The news comes just weeks after two trams collided in central Cologne, injuring dozens of people. It later emerged that one of the tram drivers in that case had been intoxicated at the time of the incident.</s>Casualties feared as sub trains collide in Duisburg, Germany pic.twitter.com/l3UTEZKf7X</s>Two subway trains have collided in Duisburg-Meiderich, Germany, according to a local transport company. At least 20 people were injured, two of them seriously, local media report. The causes of the accident are still unknown.
Two underground trains collide in Duisburg, Germany, injuring at least 35.