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police spokesperson, who did not have any details on the
fatalities, said the Munich-bound train had been quite full at
the time of the crash north of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a ski
resort in Bavaria that is also popular with hikers.
In total, 60 people were hurt in the accident, said a
Garmisch-Partenkirchen district office spokesperson.
There were multiple school students on board the train, the
regional Muenchener Merkur newspaper cited local paper the
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Tagblatt as reporting.
Pictures on social media showed carriages of a double-decker
regional train stuck between tree branches and rolled down an
embankment, as well as people being carried away on stretchers
and standing around on the tracks.
A major emergency services operation was still under way, police
said, and the rail line was currently completely closed.Regional
trains have seen higher passenger numbers since June 1, when a
ticket allowing Germany-wide travel came into effect.
(Writing by Paul Carrel, Editing by Miranda Murray, Rachel More
and Alison Williams)
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