With 64 people killed and some 230 seriously injured, it was the deadliest train accident in German history until the collision of two D-Trains at Genthin Railway Station on 21 December 1939, which claimed 278 casualties.
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Horse-drawn and manually pulled carts brought helpers to the site and injured to the nearby villages Hugstetten, Hochdorf and Lehen, and in the morning, the last dead and injured were recovered.
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