Details of the cause of derailment were not immediately available.
Several people died and several others have suffered injuries to derailed a passenger train on Sunday in the southwest of Germany. TASR informs this based on the DPA news agency report.
The police in Stuttgart, the capital of the Baden-Württemberg Bank, had previously reported only injured persons.
The accident happened in the district of Bibera, approximately 20 kilometers from the French border. Details of the cause of derailment were not immediately available.
The train derailed near Riedlingen. Rescue teams were heading for a hilly, wooded environment.