Wiesbaden: Two men caught by the train and fatally injured

Wiesbaden
Two men hit by the train and fatally injured

When crossing train tracks, two men missed the approaching train. photo

© Jan Woitas/dpa

Two men died in a train accident in Wiesbaden. Apparently they were hit by a regional train while crossing the train tracks. There has been a fatal accident there.

Two men were fatally injured in a train accident in Wiesbaden. A regional train caught the two on the tracks between Mainz-Kastel and Wiesbaden-Biebrich on Friday evening. The victims are a 40-year-old man from Wiesbaden and a 31-year-old man who does not live, as the police announced on Saturday night. According to the current investigation, the two men wanted to cross the railway tracks and overlooked the approaching train. Even emergency braking could no longer prevent the deadly collision. The passengers of the regional train 75 remained unharmed.

According to a police spokesman, there is a footpath near the scene of the accident, which is often used to cross the tracks. There had already been a fatal accident there in the past.

The railway line between Mainz-Kastel and Wiesbaden-Ost station was closed for a good three hours after the accident in the early evening. The “Hessenschau” had previously reported on the accident.

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