By IRNA
Berlin : Several people were injured Saturday morning when a high-speed inter-city (ICE) train hit a fallen tree near the west German town of Bruehl, news reports said.
Among the injured was also the train driver, according to a railway spokesman.
Most injuries were reported to be minor.
The train did not derail in the accident, the report added.
The tree dropped on the rail tracks as a result of hurricane ‘Emma’ which had been whiplashing through north and northwestern Germany at a speed of up to 150 kilometers an hour.
Fallen trees and cut electric power lines had also disrupted railway traffic across the country over the past hours.
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