February 9, 2016
By Melissa Eddy
Stefan Sonntag, a spokesman for the police in Upper Bavaria, said the trains were traveling along the same stretch of track when they slammed into each other shortly before 7 a.m. near Bad Aibling, about 35 miles southeast of Munich.
It was not immediately clear why the trains were on the same track at the same time, he said. Although Germany has a vast rail network, trains traveling in opposite directions frequently share tracks in many rural regions.
About 50 passengers were severely hurt and 100 others sustained light injuries, Mr. Sonntag said. The authorities said later that two people were still missing about eight hours after the crash. “We haven’t seen such an accident in this region in a very long time, if ever,” Mr. Sonntag said. “It is terrible.”...
My first thought was; are there computers involved and were they hacked? I don't believe it would be a government. I don't believe governments would be interested in causing such deaths and infrastructure damage. However, there are hackers in the world wishing right now the fatalities were higher.