Upper Palatinate
Person hit by train – search for three young people
“It could be anything at the moment. It could be a crime, it could be an accident,” said the police. photo
© Monika Skolimowska/dpa
A train hits a person in the Upper Palatinate – with a fatal outcome. Was it an accident? The police are looking for three teenagers.
A person was hit by a train in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate – the Police are now looking for three male teenagers. “We cannot rule out the involvement of other people and are currently searching for three people who were in the immediate vicinity at the time of the collision,” said a spokesman for the police headquarters in the evening. It is also unclear who the victim is. “The identity has not yet been established.”
The person was lying on the tracks when a freight train hit the body around 5:15 p.m. It was unclear whether the person was conscious at the time, the police spokesman said. “It could be anything right now. It could be a crime, it could be an accident.” Further information was not initially available. The accident occurred in the area of an industrial area in the district town, which lies between Nuremberg and Regensburg.