Overview

• Police say the ambulance halted during a medical emergency and was struck after the level-crossing barriers closed.
• The patient was found dead in the vehicle, with five others lightly injured including the train driver and a passenger.
• About 100 passengers were evacuated by bus to the next stop, and the road and rail line reopened after the wreckage was cleared.
• Authorities are examining why the crew stopped on the tracks as eyewitnesses reported car horns warning of the approaching train.
• In a separate case in Bielefeld, police are searching for four suspects after a 45-year-old was assaulted on Herforder Straße and are seeking witness tips to Kriminalkommissariat 14.