A number of individuals have been killed and a quantity have been injured after a passenger prepare derailed in south-west Germany with Chancellor Friedrich Merz declaring help for rescue forces.
The incident passed off about 12 miles from the French border in Biberach about 6.10pm (native time) on Sunday night.
The prepare is claimed to have derailed in Baden-Württemberg, German newspaper Bild studies.
It’s understood there had been a storm within the space shortly earlier than the crash.
A Federal Police Stuttgart spokesperson mentioned "two carriages of the Deutsche Bahn regional specific have derailed'.
Police informed German information company Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) that a number of individuals had been useless, however the actual quantity was unknown.
Dpa reported that not less than three individuals had been injured.
Round 100 individuals had been on the prepare when it derailed in a forested space.
German Chancellor Freidrich Merz took to X to "mourn the victims".
"The prepare accident within the Biberach district shocks me," he mentioned in a translated put up.
"I’m in shut contact with the Inside Minister and the Transport Minister and have requested them to help the rescue forces with all out there means."
He added: "We mourn the victims".
"I specific my condolences to their family members."
It comes as photographs have emerged on-line which present carriages turned on their sides.
Dozens of emergency service staff are seen on the web site.
Deutsche Bahn AG say the prepare was travelling between Sigmaringen and Ulm earlier than it derailed.
"The precise scenario continues to be unclear at the moment," it mentioned on X.
"Our ideas and sympathies are with the victims and everybody who now need to course of this expertise."
Baden-Württemberg's Inside Minister Thomas Strobl is on the scene and he informed Bild that every one passengers had been evacuated.
He mentioned all carriages wanted to be moved to see whether or not anybody was nonetheless beneath the prepare.
"Presently, we’ve got three deaths," Strobl mentioned.
"As well as, a number of dozen injured, together with a number of critically."