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Germany Probes Deadly Transport Incidents as Rail Hubs Reopen With Delays

Police investigations continue across multiple sites following fatalities on roads and railways.

Overview

  • In Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg, a port shunting locomotive struck an HVV bus at the unguarded Nippoldstraße crossing, killing a 19-year-old passenger and seriously injuring the 61-year-old driver alongside other injured riders.
  • Leipzig Hauptbahnhof partially shut after a body was found on track 11, with operations restarting late morning and operators warning of continuing cancellations and delays.
  • In Bremen on Thursday, a roof incident and a subsequent station search triggered widespread disruption totaling 104 canceled trains and 6,914 minutes of delay, and a later report in Walle yielded only a cap with minor blood traces after a driver saw a man brushed by a train.
  • On the A3 near Aschaffenburg, a 20-year-old motorcyclist struck by a Mercedes died in hospital after a full closure for rescue and investigation, and inquiries into the sequence of events are ongoing.
  • Near Ribnitz-Damgarten, a car crash led police to discover an 88-year-old relative dead in a residence, and a 54-year-old suspect is in pretrial detention on suspicion of manslaughter.