According to the information, the accident happened around 3 a.m. on the section near Halle-Ammendorf in Saxony-Anhalt. The police spokeswoman was initially unable to say why the railway employees were on the track and how exactly the incident happened. It was also unclear Friday morning whether heavy snowfall caused the accident. The “Mitteldeutsche Zeitung” had previously reported. According to the newspaper, several track workers were cared for on site by a pastor.
The railway was initially closed to traffic. A spokeswoman for the Federal Police was initially unable to say exactly which routes the closures related to. The train reported delays between Halle and Erfurt on its website in the morning. The ICE trains would be diverted in both directions and be delayed.
(SDA)