One dead after freight trains collide and crash off bridge in Munich

One person has died after two cargo trains collided on ⁠a bridge in Munich in the early hours of Saturday, ⁠causing two ​of ⁠the carriages to derail and ⁠crash onto the street ​below, ⁠according to local ‌police.

MUNICH, Germany — One person has died after two cargo trains collided on ⁠a bridge in Munich in the early hours of Saturday, ⁠causing two ​of ⁠the carriages to derail and ⁠crash onto the street ​below, ⁠according to local ‌police.

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The cause of the incident is ‌under investigation, a ‌police spokesperson in the southern German city ⁠told Reuters.

Rescue operations were underway for two cars of a freight train that had fallen from a bridge in the Milbertshofen district of Munich.Stefan Puchner / dpa/picture alliance via GettyEmergency services were alerted to the collision in Munich’s northern district of Milbertshofen at 1:40 a.m. local time, with ​around 60 first ‌responders ⁠dispatched to the scene, ⁠a fire department spokesperson ‌said.