Accidents: Tractor and museum railway collide – injuries

Accidents
Tractor and museum train collide – injuries are sustained

The tractor is parked next to the museum railway after an accident in the Schaumburg district. photo

© Moritz Frankenberg/dpa

A tractor driver suffered life-threatening injuries when she collided with a museum railway. How did the collision happen?

A tractor with a trailer and a museum railway collided in Stadthagen in western Lower Saxony. The tractor driver was critically injured on Sunday. Around 15 passengers on the museum railway also suffered injuries, the police said.

The museum train runs loudly Police on a private railway line, public train traffic was never affected. The level crossing has no barriers, but there is a traffic light system. The locomotive derailed in the collision. A large number of firefighters and rescue workers were on site. The cause of the accident was initially unclear.

dpa

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