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A number of reported killed in German practice derailment


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Thomas Warnack/ dpa An overturned train carriage is attended by emergency service personnelThomas Warnack/ dpa

A number of folks have been killed after a passenger practice derailed in south-west Germany, German media report.

Police instructed German information company dpa that not less than three folks had been additionally injured within the crash close to Riedlingen close to Stuttgart within the south-west. Stories say there had been a storm within the space shortly earlier than.

Round 100 folks had been onboard the practice when not less than two carriages derailed in a forested space round 18:10 native time (17:10 BST), dpa reported.

Pictures of the crash present carriages turned on their sides and heavy emergency service presence. Fallen timber may also be seen on the scene.