Two boys killed by freight train
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Published: 11 Feb, 2009 CET.
Updated: Wed 11 Feb 2009 13:57 CET
Two 13-year-old boys were killed by a freight train on Tuesday evening, according to police in the German state of Brandenburg.
“We think it was an accident,” a police spokesperson in Königs Wusterhausen said on Wednesday, adding that there were no clues to indicate suicide or foul play.
The two boys, who lived in a children’s home in the small town of Gross Köris, probably tried to take a short cut across train tracks on their way to go shopping, police said.
Both boys had permission from their caregiver to leave the children’s home around 6:30 pm. They were killed on the train tracks around 7 pm. The train conductor on the train travelling from Berlin to Cottbus suffered from shock after the accident.
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“We think it was an accident,” a police spokesperson in Königs Wusterhausen said on Wednesday, adding that there were no clues to indicate suicide or foul play.
The two boys, who lived in a children’s home in the small town of Gross Köris, probably tried to take a short cut across train tracks on their way to go shopping, police said.
Both boys had permission from their caregiver to leave the children’s home around 6:30 pm. They were killed on the train tracks around 7 pm. The train conductor on the train travelling from Berlin to Cottbus suffered from shock after the accident.
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