Overview
- A woman was struck and killed by an incoming train at Gräfenhainichen station; she died at the scene.
- Police have identified the victim as a 45-year-old woman and notified her next of kin.
- Investigators say the exact circumstances are still unclear and that suicide cannot be fully ruled out while an accident remains possible.
- Reporting names the train involved as an ICE and officials closed the Leipzig–Wittenberg line for around three hours to secure the scene and carry out checks.
- Authorities continue their inquiry into why the woman was on the tracks and have provided suicide-prevention hotline numbers for readers affected by the coverage.