Germany train crash trial begins

Four years after Germany’s worst ever train crash killed 101 people, the trial of three engineers began today.

Germany train crash trial begins

Four years after Germany’s worst ever train crash killed 101 people, the trial of three engineers began today.

The train was travelling at about 125 mph along the Hamburg to Hanover line on June 8, 1998, when authorities believe a wheel broke. It then smashed into a bridge near the northern town of Eschede.

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