The public prosecutor’s office has added one person to the group of suspects after the serious train accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, fueling fears at the GDL.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen – The Munich II public prosecutor’s office has expanded the investigation to a fourth person after the train accident near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. A spokesman for the prosecution of the German Press Agency said that a total of four Deutsche Bahn employees were now being investigated on suspicion of negligent homicide. The fourth accused is a dispatcher. This means that two dispatchers are now being targeted by the investigators.
Train accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: New investigations against another dispatcher
The regional train from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Munich derailed shortly after departure on June 3rd. Four women and a 14-year-old from the region died. 16 people were seriously injured, about 50 slightly.
The investigation does not mean that the accused are actually partly to blame and that charges will be brought – the prosecution explained that the proceedings could also be closed. Nevertheless, the message stokes exactly the fears that the GDL recently expressed to our editors, namely that it will end up being “pawn victims” and not those actually responsible for the train accident, which the GDL suspects elsewhere.
