Terrible accident in Cologne: 75-year-old from the Stadtbahn!

Terrible accident in Cologne: 75-year-old from the Stadtbahn!

On Wednesday afternoon, February 12, a terrible accident occurred at the Mohnweg stop in Cologne: a 75-year-old pedestrian was hit by an incoming light rail and seriously injured. The man came to a clinic with serious head injuries, while the 42-year-old driver of the train also had to go to the hospital.

According to initial knowledge, the older gentleman crossed the tracks around 2:15 p.m. when the tram on line 1, which was on the road towards the city center, caught it. Witnesses stated that the railway stopped at the stop at this point. The police ask the circumstances that can provide information on the accident to report to traffic commissioner 2.