Overview

• ICE 596 arriving from Munich failed to stop at Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof and struck the buffer stop on Track 10 around 3:10 p.m. local time.
• Four people were lightly injured, including the driver, and were attended to by emergency responders.
• Deutsche Bahn said the train could not operate its planned onward journey to Berlin due to damage.
• Passengers were rebooked onto other trains, and the operator reported no impact on other connections.
• Federal police opened an investigation into the stopping failure, with the cause still unclear and the extent of damage not yet quantified.