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Freight train hits two children - one child dead

In Recklinghausen, a freight train hit two children.

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Freight train hits two children - one child dead

In Recklinghausen, a freight train hit two children. One child was killed in the accident and the other was seriously injured, said a spokesman for the situation center in the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of the Interior on Thursday evening. The exact circumstances remained open. Details such as the age of the children were initially unclear.

The situation remained confusing for the time being. The police withheld further information. It is possible that not all relatives were informed.

According to the fire department, 35 firefighters and rescue workers were deployed. "We searched the track bed," said a spokesman for the fire department. Due to the darkness and the extent of the search area, a drone was used. The accident site is near a former freight yard. Recklinghausen is located in the northern Ruhr area.

According to initial media reports, the train caught a group of people. "Bild", "Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" (WAZ) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) reported that they had been dragged along several hundred meters.

The railway line between Gladbeck and Recklinghausen main station was closed. There are restrictions on regional traffic on the S9, RE2 and RE42 train lines, said a spokeswoman for Deutsche Bahn. Long-distance traffic is not affected. The accident happened in Recklinghausen-Ost.

A drone could be seen flying over the site on WDR television images. A WDR reporter reported that a search was apparently being made for other victims along the railway line.

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