Lambrecht – Charedi Man Amongst Rescued In Germany’s High Speed Train Crash

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    Firefighters help an unidentified orthodox man exit an ICE high speed train after a refuse vehicle crashed with the ICE high speed train in Lambrecht, Germany, 17 August 2010. Nine people were injured, two of them seriously.  EPA/KLAUS VENUSLambrecht – Ten people were injured Tuesday morning when an ICE train crashed into a garbage truck that had slid down an embankment and wound up stranded on the track in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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    Federal police said one seriously injured passenger had to be flown by rescue helicopter to hospital, while nine others, including the drivers of both the train and the truck, were mildly injured, daily Bild reported.

    The accident, in which two train carriages were derailed, happened near the town of Lambrecht around 10:15 am.

    A federal police spokeswoman said early inquiries suggested the truck had rolled off a small dirt embankment next to a raised road that ran parallel to the train line. It came to rest on the train track.

    The high-speed ICE train, unable to stop in time, ploughed into the truck.

    A spokesman for rail operator Deutsche Bahn said the motor carriage at the front of the train, and the carriage behind it, both leapt off the track on impact, though the train didn’t tip over.

    The carriages were being hoisted back onto the track by a crane, which usually takes several hours, the spokesman said.
    ICE train crashes into garbage truck, injuring 10
    The line between Lambrecht and the next town, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, were closed until further notice.

    The passengers who weren’t hurt were taken by bus to Mannheim where a replacement train was organised to take them on to Paris.

    ICE trains were being rerouted via Strasbourg. Regional trains between Neustadt and Lambrecht were being replaced by buses and taxis.


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    Friend of Bochur
    Friend of Bochur
    13 years ago

    The man in the picture is a Lubavitcher Bochur who was doing shlichus around germany for the summer.

    Deiya-zoger
    Deiya-zoger
    13 years ago

    I know that guy!
    He is a Chabad bochur that is in Germany on Merkos Shlichus, visiting small Jewish communities there.