In the station: Man hit by ICE and carried away! He had no chance


On Monday evening, a fatal accident occurred at a Frankfurt train station, where a man was hit on the tracks by an arriving ICE. By the force of the impact, the man was fatally injured. Now the police is to clarify the background of this terrible incident.

Fatal accident in Frankfurt station – man was hit by ICE

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To the serious accident had occurred on Monday evening at the station Frankfurt South. There, a man had been on the move from the track for as yet unexplained reasons. This was then captured by an arriving ICE and killed. The fatal accident occurred at around 22:45, when the 46-year-old man, who was from the neighbouring town of Offenbach, jumped onto track 4 of the station. Exactly at this time, the ICE22 arrived on this track. According to witnesses, the man had tried to get out of the way in the direction of track 5. But it was obviously already too late for that. The driver of the ICE had also tried to prevent the collision by emergency braking. In addition, a so-called warning whistle had also been sounded. But even this could not prevent the fatal accident.

Railway station was closed for recovery work

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Numerous eyewitnesses had to watch the accident with their own eyes. The informed rescue forces could only determine the death of the man. Immediately after the accident, the station Frankfurt South was then first closed to train traffic.

In the ICE was in the accident none of the passengers were injured. But the passengers had to leave the train after the accident and were then transported on with other trains, The train driver had suffered a shock in the accident and had to be relieved by a colleague. At about 1.45 a.m., all tracks could be reopened. More than 60 trains had to be diverted or delayed as a result of the accident. The police have now started investigating the accident.

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