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10 killed, some 20 injured as trains collide in eastern Germany

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Ten people were killed and about 20 others were seriously injured when two trains collided in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, late on Saturday, the Spiegel magazine said on its website, quoting police officials.

Ten people were killed and about 20 others were seriously injured when two trains collided in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, late on Saturday, the Spiegel magazine said on its website, quoting police officials.

The accident took place at 10:24 p.m. local time (21:24 GMT).

The passenger train was en route from Magdebur, Saxony-Anhalt's capital city, to the city of Halberstadt when it collided with a freight train, the magazine said.

Rescuers and medical workers have rushed to the site of the accident, the local ARD TV channel reported.

The cause of the collision has yet to be established.

 

MOSCOW, January 30 (RIA Novosti)

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