Overview
- About 80 passengers and the car’s 22-year-old driver were unharmed after the Regionalbahn hit the immobilized VW at the Harriehausen level crossing.
- Police say the driver was under the influence of alcohol and drugs, with his license seized and criminal proceedings opened for endangering road traffic.
- Fire crews used rescue platforms and salt to evacuate passengers from the train, then transferred them by bus to Kreiensen station, with about 60 emergency personnel on site.
- The train stopped after roughly 400 meters with estimated damage of about €15,000, and the line reopened around midnight.
- Freezing drizzle created extreme black ice across the county, with seven recorded crashes including a B64 car–truck collision that ruptured a diesel tank but caused no injuries.