At 12:45 Central European Time on 12 February 2018,[1] two passenger trains were involved in a sidelong collision at Niklasdorf, Austria. The trains were a Deutsche BahnEuroCity express train and a local train operated by ÖBB.[2] Several carriages had one side ripped off. Carriages from both trains were derailed. One person was killed and 22 were injured.[3] Both train drivers were amongst the injured. There were at least 60 passengers on the EuroCity train.[1]
Nineteen ambulances and two emergency doctors were amongst the emergency services personnel sent to deal with the accident.[4] The injured were taken to hospitals in Bruck an der Mur and Leoben. Everyone had been rescued by 14:30.[2] The railway between Bruck an der Mur and Leoben was closed as a result of the accident.[3] The line between Graz and Sankt Michael in Obersteiermark was also closed.[2]
An investigation was launched into the cause of the accident by the Federal Accident Investigation Office (German: Unfalluntersuchungsstelle des Bundes).[2]
