Train driver probed over fatal crash

Prosecutors in Germany today said they were opening an investigation into the driver of a cargo train involved in a head-on crash that left 10 people dead and 23 injured.

The prosecutors’ office in Magdeburg said it was investigating the 41-year-old driver on suspicion of negligent homicide and bodily injury caused by negligence and endangerment of railroad traffic.

The office said witnesses told investigators the driver may have run through a stop signal and caused Saturday’s crash.

Police said 10 of the 23 people who were injured have been released from hospital, and a criminal investigation of the accident site in Hordorf has been completed.

Two Georgians, one Portuguese and one Brazilian citizen were among those injured.