A good week after the fatal S-Bahn accident in Schäftlarn, Deutsche Bahn started repairing the tracks on Tuesday. “According to the current status, we will complete the work in the course of the coming week and can then resume S-Bahn traffic,” said a railway spokesman. When the two S-Bahn trains collided on Monday a week ago, a man was killed and 18 people injured, six of them seriously. About 25 people suffered minor injuries that could be treated on site on an outpatient basis. According to the information, there were 60 people in each of the two trains.
The cause of the accident was not subsequently clarified. The investigations focus on one of the two train drivers and a red stop signal. Against this background, investigations were initiated last week against a 54-year-old train driver who was himself seriously injured. However, it is too early to say whether it was a human or technical error, emphasized the public prosecutor’s office. The investigation could take weeks, if not months.