Train hits man at level crossing in Oder-Spree - line closed

A regional train struck and fatally injured a man at a level crossing in the Oder-Spree district. According to the federal police, the Odeg train carrying 240 passengers was evacuated after the accident near Berkenbrück. All passengers were uninjured, and the fire department transported them to Fürstenwalde or other locations. The affected section of the RE1 railway line between Magdeburg and Frankfurt (Oder) has been closed until further notice…

The train traffic was interrupted this Wednesday afternoon in both directions between the station of La Pauline at La Garde and Hyères, announced the Sncf evoking "an accident of no one". According to our information, a man was struck around 4 p.m. by a train "at the height of a crossing".

A man from South Jutland, who was part of a team that maintains railway tracks, lost his life in Vordingborg late Tuesday evening.