Two women apparently from Ukraine: teenagers among those killed in a train accident

According to a media report, two of the women who died in the serious train accident in Bavaria fled Ukraine.

Two women apparently from Ukraine: teenagers among those killed in a train accident

According to a media report, two of the women who died in the serious train accident in Bavaria fled Ukraine. The fifth fatality was only in her teens. The salvage work could now be made even more difficult.

After the serious train accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the scene of the accident is to be cleared with a special crane and heavy equipment. Numerous helpers have been in action again since the morning. In addition, the investigation into the causes continues.

A Soko "train" has been working on reconstructing the accident since Friday, the police said. The management lies with the public prosecutor's office in Munich II. The investigators are supported by experts.

The identification of the five fatalities is now largely complete. According to the police, there are three women aged 32, 39 and 70 and, according to previous knowledge, a 51-year-old. The fifth victim recovered is a teenage boy. One of the more than 40 injured is still in critical condition. The injured were taken to ten hospitals, including to Austria.

According to information from "Bild am Sonntag", two of the women are Ukrainian refugees who were staying with host families nearby. One of the two is said to have had their child with them. It was badly injured and is said to be in the hospital. The deceased teenager is said to be a 13-year-old student.

At the scene of the accident, a wagon should first be removed during the day. The car is one of three that overturned in the accident. Emergency services had lifted him with cranes onto the federal highway 2 next to the track bed. A police spokesman said the wagon may have to be divided into two parts for transport. Then the two other overturned wagons should be recovered and transported away.

With the help of a special crane weighing 250 tons, the locomotive is to be put back on the track, among other things. These and the remaining wagons should then be transported away by rail if possible. The work is likely to take some time, police said.

It is still unclear why the regional train jumped off the tracks on Friday afternoon shortly after leaving for Munich. There was no collision with another vehicle. Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing, who had visited the scene of the accident with Richard Lutz, head of the railways, promised that the accident would be dealt with extensively. Bavaria's Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter said that according to local experts, a technical defect was "the most likely cause".

It is still unclear to what extent storms could hinder the clean-up work. Thunderstorms are forecast for the foothills of the Alps in the afternoon and evening. The work will continue to affect road traffic. Traffic in Sindelsdorf (district of Weilheim-Schongau) is diverted from the Autobahn 95 in the direction of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Traffic from the Augsburg region will be diverted from the federal highway 17 to Füssen in the direction of the Fernpass, traffic from Mittenwald/Innsbruck will be in the direction of federal highway 11 at Krün. Access to the Passion Play in nearby Oberammergau is still possible, it said.