Latest video report this morning from Bavarian news channel BR24:
If my understanding of German is correct this is the current situation:
If my understanding of German is correct this is the current situation:
- 5 fatalities with 7 people still missing (but all the coaches have been thoroughly searched for any further victims)
- There's certainty that there was no collision and the cause could be a 'technical defect'
- The driver has been questioned by the Criminal Police but nothing has been released about what he said
- Repair work on the track can't begin until a special crane has been obtained from the Ruhr area to lift the locomotive.