A train collided with a car at a level crossing in Upper Bavaria and dragged the car 300 meters over the tracks. The 41-year-old driver of the car was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, the police said on Tuesday.
Accordingly, he was driving his car near Wasserburg am Inn (Rosenheim district) on Tuesday night when his car was hit by a regional train at an unrestricted level crossing. Despite an emergency stop by the train driver, the car was dragged about 300 meters before the train came to a standstill. Nobody was injured on the train.
The road in the area of the level crossing and the railway line Rosenheim – Mühldorf were closed for several hours. The cause of the accident initially remained unclear.