Overview
- The collision happened in the early hours of Saturday, June 20, when two freight trains performing shunting operations on an elevated bridge in Milbertshofen collided and several wagons derailed, with two dropping about five metres onto Schleißheimer Straße.
- A 46-year-old rangier (shunting) worker who was on a train at the time died from his injuries and two locomotive drivers were identified as involved; emergency services secured the scene immediately.
- Recovery teams using heavy cranes completed bergungsarbeiten faster than first feared, lifted the fallen wagons back onto track and reopened parts of the road and bridge after structural checks and repairs.
- Authorities say the wagons carried no hazardous cargo and there was no wider public danger, though falling debris lightly damaged a city bus and several parked cars and the road surface needs repair.
- The Münchner Verkehrspolizei and the Staatsanwaltschaft have launched formal investigations and commissioned a technical expert to determine causes; an unconfirmed single-source report about a missed stop signal has not been verified by officials.