Skip next section Injuries include to spine and head: Ulm University Hospital
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Injuries include to spine and head: Ulm University Hospital
Many of the injured were taken to the nearly Ulm University Hospital.
Florian Gebhard, the head of Trauma Surgery at the hospital told German state broadcaster SWR that the injured were “extremely affected by the accident, they were under shock.”
“The injuries of varying severity,” he said. “Most of them suffered injuries to their extremities, spinal injuries and head injuries.”
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German train derailment: What we know so far
At least three people died when a regional train carrying some 100 passengers derailed in southwestern Germany.
Around 50 people are injured, 25 of these severely, according to dpa news agency and state broadcaster SWR, citing a regional district fire chief.
The regional express train departed Sigmaringen and was traveling to Ulm when at least two carriages of a regional train partially derailed in a forested area at around 6:10 p.m. (1610 GMT).
The accident site is about 45 kilometers (28 miles) southeast of Ulm, which is located on the border with the German state of Bavaria.
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Welcome to our coverage
The DW newsroom in Bonn wishes all our readers guten Morgen on Monday, July 28!
We will be reporting on the train derailment in southwestern Germany as information comes in from ongoing rescure work at the scene.
In other major news, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has welcomed a trade agreement between the European Union and the United States.
DW will bring you reports, analyses and explainers on these and other stories to keep you up-to-date with all the topics currently in focus in Germany.
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