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Rail Worker Killed on MunichIngolstadt Line as Separate A3 Crash Injures Ten in Bavaria

Police report active site safeguards, with an independent expert examining how the fatal collision occurred.

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Overview

  • A 21-year-old maintenance worker from Austria was struck by a regional train around 8:20 a.m. during track works at Baar-Ebenhausen, and resuscitation efforts at the scene failed.
  • Roughly 300 passengers were evacuated from the train by firefighters and taken by bus to Ingolstadt; the corridor reopened shortly after 1 p.m. following several hours of closure.
  • Kripo Ingolstadt has launched a criminal investigation and engaged an independent expert after noting that warning and safety systems at the worksite were in operation.
  • Near Hengersberg, a four-vehicle rear-end collision on the A3 lightly injured ten people, including about five children, with two lanes briefly closed before traffic fully resumed.
  • In a separate incident over the weekend, an empty rail-replacement articulated bus became stuck in a forest near Dorfen after a missed exit and GPS misrouting; forest damage is estimated at about €1,500 and the bus damage is still being assessed.