At least 8 dead in head-on German train collision

Updated: 2011-01-30 09:23

(Agencies)

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BERLIN- At least eight people have died in a head-on train collision in eastern Germany, with some 35 injured, authorities said on Sunday.

The accident occurred when a passenger train collided with a freight train at around 2130 GMT on Saturday, knocking wagons off the tracks, police from the state of Saxony Anhalt said.

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