A serious head-on collision occurred on Saturday, January 29 at about 10.30 pm between a HarzElbeExpress service train operated by Veolia Verkehr, Veolia Transport's German subsidiary, and a goods train, near Oschersleben in Saxony-Anhalt. Ten people are reported to have died in the crash, including the driver and the head conductor of the passenger train. Many other people were injured, including the driver of the goods train.
"Veolia Verkehr is cooperating fully and openly with the investigation currently being conducted by the local authorities, which will determine the exact circumstances and causes of this very serious accident," said Cyrille du Peloux, Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Transport.
Veolia will release further information as and when it becomes available.
