One dead after freight trains collide in Germany

Two freight train cars after falling off a bridge in Munich, Germany
Emergency crews worked to remove carriages that ended up on a Munich road after a train collision. -AP

One person has ‌died after two cargo trains collided ‌on a bridge in ‌Munich, causing two of the carriages to ‌derail ‌and ⁠crash onto the street below.

The cause of the incident was under investigation, a ⁠police spokesperson ‌in the ​southern German city ​told Reuters.

Emergency services ‌were alerted early on Saturday to ​the collision in Munich's northern district of Milbertshofen, with ‌about 60 first responders dispatched to the scene.