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Two seriously injured in German train crash
20 Nov 2006 14:18:42 GMT
Source: Reuters
Emergency workers stand beside a damaged train following a train accident at Suedkreuz train station in Berlin November 20, 2006. As many as nine people were injured on Monday, two of them seriously, after a commuter train crashed into a maintenance vehicle in south Berlin, police and fire department officials said.
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Emergency workers stand beside a damaged train following a train accident at Suedkreuz train station in Berlin November 20, 2006. As many as nine people were injured on Monday, two of them seriously, after a commuter train crashed into a maintenance vehicle in south Berlin, police and fire department officials said.
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(Updates number of injured)

BERLIN, Nov 20 (Reuters) - A commuter train crashed into a maintenance vehicle at a Berlin station in the Monday morning rush hour and injured 33 people, two seriously, police said.

No one suffered life-threatening injuries, the police said.

They said they did not yet know the cause of the accident at the Suedkreuz station of the "S-Bahn" urban light railway, which caused considerable damage inside the passenger compartment. The floor and seats were covered in broken glass.


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