Emergency in Berlin
Train stops – many passengers with circulatory problems
Emergency vehicles from the police and fire brigade in front of Friedrichstrasse station. photo
© Carsten Koall/dpa
Due to a technical fault, an S-Bahn train stops shortly before Friedrichstrasse station in Berlin. Several people suffer from circulatory problems. Some try to escape from the train on their own.
The Berlin fire brigade and other emergency services have moved out to a larger operation at Friedrichstrasse station. According to a railway spokeswoman, an S-Bahn train had to be evacuated there, which had broken down shortly before the station due to a technical fault.
The fire brigade spoke of a “mass attack of injuries”, several people had circulatory problems. At the time of the incident, it was very hot in Berlin. It was initially unclear how many people were actually injured.
Because of the problem, train traffic on the route in central Berlin had to be stopped first. This affected not only the S-Bahn, but also long-distance traffic.
According to information from the railway and the federal police, some passengers managed to get out of the defective S-Bahn on the open route and walk on the tracks towards the station before the evacuation operation. That is illegal and dangerous.