Overview

• Authorities have confirmed four fatalities and say dozens of the roughly 100 passengers aboard the Deutsche Bahn regional train were injured.
• The derailment occurred at around 18:10 local time on July 27 near Biberach in a forested section of Baden-Württemberg.
• Firefighters, police and other rescue crews have been working through the night to free passengers trapped in overturned carriages.
• The region had suffered days of intense storms and heavy rainfall that investigators believe led to a landslide onto the tracks.
• Deutsche Bahn and railway officials have launched an official inquiry to determine the precise sequence of events and improve safety.