1st LD Writethru: 1 dead, 25 injured in train accident in Germany


By Chu YiWang Ziqiang

BERLIN, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The number of injuries has risen to 25 as a high-speed train collided with a semi-trailer at a railway crossing in Hamburg, Germany, on Tuesday.

The accident occurred on the outskirts of Hamburg when an InterCity Express (ICE) train en route from Hamburg to Munich crashed into the semi-trailer at high speed. One passenger, a 55-year-old man, sustained critical injuries and died shortly after the collision.

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