At Least 3 Killed, 60 Injured as Train Derails in Germany (Video)

Three people were killed and several injured when a regional train derailed in southern Germany on Friday, a police spokesperson announced.

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A local official told Germany's DPA news agency that at least 60 people were injured, around 16 of them seriously.

"There is a large operation currently underway," said a police spokesperson who added that the train was quite full at the time of the crash.

Media outlets did not indicate what caused the train traveling toward Munich to derail at about 12:20 local time (10:20 UTC).

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Several carriages overturned and partly rolled down an embankment north of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen ski resort in Bavaria, according to the regional Münchener Merkur newspaper.

Martin Breitkopf, a reporter in Bavaria for Germany's public ARD network, wrote on Twitter that rescue operations were underway.

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Meanwhile, six rescue helicopters were in use to bring the injured to hospitals for treatment, according to a spokesperson for the ADAC Air Rescue service.

Rail operator Deutsche Bahn pointed out that part of the route between Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen had been blocked off and traffic perted.