23 people have been killed in northern Germany after a high-tech magnetic train crashed into a maintenance vehicle during a test run.
The elevated Transrapid, one of the world's fastest trains, collided with a maintenance truck and its two-man crew at a speed of at least 200 km/h on the track in the Emsland district of Germany, near the Dutch border.
Police said another 10 people were injured in the incident. A police official said the rescue operation was over.
The train's operating authority, IABG, said initial findings suggested the crash had been the result of human error. It said it had found no evidence of any technical failure.
The crash occurred at around 10am (9am Irish time) on a 32km figure-of-eight circuit built as a test facility for the train, which floats on a magnetic cushion.
