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Sunday, July 27, 2025
On Sunday evening, three people were killed after a train carrying over one hundred passengers derailed and crashed in a sylvan area in southwest Germany. Dozens more were injured in the incident.
The crash occurred at Riedlingen in Baden-Württemberg, close to the city of Ulm and the town of Biberach near Stuttgart. According to reports, the area had been hit with storms shortly before the incident. The storm resulted in a landslide which caused debris to scatter onto the train tracks. Two of the train’s carriages subsequently went off the tracks upon contact with the obstructed tracks, plunged up a sixteen-foot hill, and came to rest after crashing into trees.
German Chancellor Freidrich Merz addressed the incident on social media, and was quoted as follows: “The train accident in the Biberach district is a shock to me. I am in close contact with the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Transport and have asked them to support the rescue services with all means possible. We mourn the victims.”
