German train crash investigations focus on signal controller - source


  • World
  • Thursday, 11 Feb 2016

Bavarian State Premier Horst Seehofer (C) visits the site of the crash of two trains near Bad Aibling in southwestern Germany, February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Lukas Barth

BAD AIBLING/BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors and police investigating a head-on train crash in Bavaria that killed ten people are focussing on the actions of a signal controller, a source involved in the inquiry told Reuters on Wednesday.

However, investigators said it was too early to speculate on the cause and that they have recovered two of three black boxes from the two passenger trains that collided at peak commuter time on Tuesday morning.

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