Train accident in Buxtehude: A twelve-year-old girl was seriously injured in an accident with an S-Bahn on Thursday.
According to the federal police, the accident happened around 4:35 p.m. near the Jorker Straße level crossing in the Buxtehude district of Neukloster. S-Bahn 9206 was traveling from Stade towards Buxtehude when the engine driver initiated an emergency stop. But he was no longer able to prevent a collision: the girl fell under the train, but was not run over by the wheels. The student was flown to a hospital in a rescue helicopter.
Buxtehude: Girl seriously injured in a train accident – train driver in shock
According to the officials, it is still unclear why the girl was on the double-track route or took a shortcut. The train driver suffered a shock and had to be relieved. There were about 100 passengers on the S-Bahn who remained on the train because it was stopped on the open route. An oncoming train also initiated an emergency stop.
The student was flown to the hospital in a rescue helicopter. Stade police station
Several forces from the railways, the rescue service, the Stade police station, the Bremen federal police station and the Buxtehude and Neukloster fire brigades were deployed. The route was reopened at 5:40 p.m. (idv)
