One dead, 25 injured after high-speed train and truck collide in Germany

One dead, 25 injured after high-speed train and truck collide in Germany
The between a train and a truck left one dead in Hamburg (dpa via AP)

A collision between a high-speed train and a truck on the outskirts of the German city of Hamburg has left one person dead and 25 others injured, six of them seriously, police said.

The ICE train had 291 people on board at the time of the collision on Tuesday with a truck that was loaded with rails.

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