Rees (North Rhine-Westphalia): 14-year-old from train hit and killed

A 14-year-old schoolgirl was killed when she was hit by a train while crossing a railway crossing in North Rhine-Westphalia on Monday. According to the AFP news agency, the girl crossed a railway crossing in Rees when the barrier was closed, according to witnesses, a police spokesman in Kleve said on Monday.

It was initially unclear why the girl crossed the tracks when the barrier was closed. The investigation is ongoing. Witnesses to the accident reportedly alerted the police at around 7:20 a.m.

According to the newspaper “Rheinische Post” The girl comes from Rees and was hit by a train at a railway crossing in Millingen. The media reports that, according to police, the accident occurred at around 7:15 a.m. at the Hauptstraße/Anholter railway crossing.

The train was apparently the ÖBB “Nightjet” that was heading to Austria. At the same time, I wanted to stop the RE 19 at the stop in Millingen. The police asked whether the 14-year-olds wanted to try to catch the regional train and therefore tried to lead them around the level crossing, which only had barriers on one side, onto the track bed. As the “Bild” newspaper reportsThere were demonstrably around 300 passengers on the ÖBB train.

There were no further casualties. The girl’s relatives were looked after by the victim protection service. The railway line remained closed while the accident investigation was ongoing. The railway set up a rail replacement service.