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29 January 2011
Last updated at 20:28 ET
At least 10 people are reported to have died in a train crash in eastern Germany.
A local passenger train and a goods train collided head-on in the state of Saxony-Anhalt late on Saturday, near the city of Magdeburg.
The cause of the crash, which left 43 injured, 18 seriously, is unclear.
The passenger train, the HarzElbeExpress, was travelling between Magdeburg and Halberstadt, a police spokesman told the AFP news agency.
Several carriages were derailed after the collision near the village of Hordorf at about 2230 (2130 GMT).
"Rescue operations are still ongoing. The death toll may well rise further," said regional police spokesman Frank Kuessner said.
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A local passenger train and a goods train collided head-on in the state of Saxony-Anhalt late on Saturday, near the city of Magdeburg.
The cause of the crash, which left 43 injured, 18 seriously, is unclear.
The passenger train, the HarzElbeExpress, was travelling between Magdeburg and Halberstadt, a police spokesman told the AFP news agency.
Several carriages were derailed after the collision near the village of Hordorf at about 2230 (2130 GMT).
"Rescue operations are still ongoing. The death toll may well rise further," said regional police spokesman Frank Kuessner said.
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