Preliminary report on fatal German rail accident confirms suspicions around sleepers
Concrete sleepers near Rosktock. 2018, Deutsche Bahn AG / Oliver Lang
Germany’s federal rail accident investigation unit BEU earlier on Thursday published its initial findings into the fatal derailment that happened on June 3 last year near the southern German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The report finally confirms the long-held suspicion that defective concrete sleepers were the cause of the accident.
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