https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed At least four workers were killed in the northern German city of Hamburg on Monday when a scaffolding collapsed at a building site, a fire brigade spokeswoman said. https://www.thelocal.de/20231030/five-workers-killed-in-hamburg-building-site-accident Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:08:01 +0100 five-workers-killed-in-hamburg-building-site-accident Thirteen people, including German tourists, have been killed after a cable car disconnected and fell near the summit of the Mottarone mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.de/20210523/13-killed-after-cable-car-falls-in-italy-say-emergency-services-2 Sun, 23 May 2021 16:15:00 +0200 13-killed-after-cable-car-falls-in-italy-say-emergency-services-2 The pilot of a hot air balloon died and two passengers were severely injured after it crashed near the banks of the River Rhine in Germany, police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200817/pilot-dies-in-hot-air-balloon-crash-in-germany Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:40:07 +0200 pilot-dies-in-hot-air-balloon-crash-in-germany Two children, both eight years old, were killed and five more seriously injured when a school bus slipped off an icy road into a ditch in central Germany on Thursday, officials said. https://www.thelocal.de/20200123/two-children-die-after-school-bus-accident-in-thuringia Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:31:57 +0100 two-children-die-after-school-bus-accident-in-thuringia Six German tourists have been killed in Italy and eleven more injured after a suspected drink driver piled into their group at speed in Lutago on the Austrian border. https://www.thelocal.de/20200105/six-german-tourists-killed-by-drink-driver-in-italian-ski-resort Sun, 05 Jan 2020 09:10:45 +0100 six-german-tourists-killed-by-drink-driver-in-italian-ski-resort A Flixbus drove into a truck near Karlsruhe. Near Bremen another bus's engine caught on fire. https://www.thelocal.de/20190605/seven-people-injured-after-two-flixbus-accidents-in-germany Wed, 05 Jun 2019 10:57:41 +0200 seven-people-injured-after-two-flixbus-accidents-in-germany A police officer’s response to drivers who slowed down and tried to photograph a fatal car accident in Bavaria has gone viral. The officer said he was illustrating the "bitter reality" of traffic fatalities. https://www.thelocal.de/20190522/shame-on-you-german-police-officer-praised-for-confronting-prying-drivers Wed, 22 May 2019 12:40:33 +0200 shame-on-you-german-police-officer-praised-for-confronting-prying-drivers An Austrian farmer has been ordered to pay €490,000 ($555,000) in compensation to the widower of a woman who was trampled to death by a herd of his cows in 2014. https://www.thelocal.de/20190223/austrian-farmer-ordered-to-pay-german-widower-over-fatal-cow-attack Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:28:39 +0100 austrian-farmer-ordered-to-pay-german-widower-over-fatal-cow-attack A German BASE jumper died Monday when his parachute failed to open in time after jumping off a cliff in Nazare, central Portugal, maritime authorities said. https://www.thelocal.de/20181120/german-base-jumper-dies-in-portuguese-accident Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:05:17 +0100 german-base-jumper-dies-in-portuguese-accident On Tuesday morning, a truck loaded with a liquid chemical substance overturned in the industrial park in Frankfurt's Griesheim district, sparking an alert in the Hesse city. https://www.thelocal.de/20181113/chemical-accident-alerts-sirens-in-frankfurt Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:25:22 +0100 chemical-accident-alerts-sirens-in-frankfurt A hiker from Berlin fell to her death during poor weather conditions in the Austrian Alps on Monday evening. Rescuers first found her on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20180815/berlin-mountain-climber-falls-200-metres-to-death-in-austrian-alps Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:49:50 +0200 berlin-mountain-climber-falls-200-metres-to-death-in-austrian-alps A family outing to the zoo turned into a nightmare when a young boy drowned in a restricted area of the park last week. https://www.thelocal.de/20180619/2-year-old-dies-on-visit-to-frankfurt-zoo Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:14:38 +0200 2-year-old-dies-on-visit-to-frankfurt-zoo A 59-year-old woman died over the weekend in North Rhine-Westphalia after her parachute failed to open during a jump from 4,000 metres. https://www.thelocal.de/20180611/woman-dies-in-west-germany-after-parachute-fails-to-open Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:22:03 +0200 woman-dies-in-west-germany-after-parachute-fails-to-open After a regional train in the state of Baden-Württemberg drove into a herd of sheep on Wednesday morning, 50 animals were killed. https://www.thelocal.de/20180606/train-in-southwestern-germany-rams-into-herd-of-sheep-killing-45-animals Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:06:46 +0200 train-in-southwestern-germany-rams-into-herd-of-sheep-killing-45-animals Two German tourists died and 12 other people were injured Friday when their minibus fell into a ravine on an Andean road in southern Peru, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20180421/two-german-tourists-killed-in-peru-bus-plunge-police Sat, 21 Apr 2018 11:31:51 +0200 two-german-tourists-killed-in-peru-bus-plunge-police A 15-year-old died in tragic circumstances on Sunday in a small town in western Germany as the community tried to erect a new Maibaum (maypole). https://www.thelocal.de/20180416/teenager-killed-by-maypole-in-rhine-region Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:20:38 +0200 teenager-killed-by-maypole-in-rhine-region As the mercury rose into the twenties over the weekend bikers across Germany decided to make the most of the weather. On several occasions though the consequences were deadly. https://www.thelocal.de/20180409/two-deadly-accidents-mark-start-of-motorbike-season Mon, 09 Apr 2018 12:16:33 +0200 two-deadly-accidents-mark-start-of-motorbike-season On Easter-Monday afternoon a crash involving a car and a double-decker sightseeing bus in Hamburg left four badly injured and seven harmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20180403/crash-involving-sightseeing-bus-in-hamburg-leaves-four-badly-injured Tue, 03 Apr 2018 14:59:43 +0200 crash-involving-sightseeing-bus-in-hamburg-leaves-four-badly-injured Over 40 people were injured when two trams collided at a station just outside Cologne’s Altstadt on Thursday evening. Police suspect one driver of being drunk. https://www.thelocal.de/20180316/dozens-injured-in-cologne-tram-crash-driver-reportedly-drunk Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:07:13 +0100 dozens-injured-in-cologne-tram-crash-driver-reportedly-drunk A family of four fell through the ice while walking across the Kleinhesseloher Lake in Munich’s famous English Garden park on Sunday. Emergency services were called to their aid. https://www.thelocal.de/20180305/family-rescued-after-falling-through-ice-on-lake-in-munichs-english-garden Mon, 05 Mar 2018 13:28:43 +0100 family-rescued-after-falling-through-ice-on-lake-in-munichs-english-garden