On the railway line between Nuremberg and Regensburg, two railway employees are seriously injured by a passing locomotive, one man dies in the accident. An expert is now investigating how this could have happened.
After the fatal accident involving line workers on the railway line between Nuremberg and Regensburg, the police investigation into the cause of the accident continues. An expert had been commissioned, said a police spokesman on Tuesday. He was investigating the scene of the accident on Monday evening. The spokesman could not estimate when a result will be available.
A locomotive hit two workers near Parsberg (Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district) on Monday, who, according to initial investigations, had previously cut the green strip on the tracks. A 38-year-old died at the scene of the accident. A 53-year-old was seriously injured, but according to police, his life is not in danger. The railway line was blocked in both directions for several hours. Around 1.45 a.m. on Tuesday, the police released them again.