Regional train hits truck, 33 injured

At least 33 people were injured in the incident, four of them seriously, police said.

The accident occurred around lunchtime on Friday near Epfendorf, 80 kilometres south-west of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.

The collision happened as the slow-moving articulated truck became stuck while negotiating a crossing on the rail line.

The train rammed into the vehicle and ploughed it 50 metres along the tracks before coming to a standstill.

Twenty-seven of the 60 passengers on board the regional train were injured, most of them not seriously. 

A man and a woman who had been driving the transporter truck were also hurt.

Four people were seriously hurt in the incident and were flown to hospital by helicopter.