Sirnach TG Car crashes onto track - four injured, including three children
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A car plunged down an embankment in Sirnach TG on Sunday evening and landed on its roof on the Frauenfeld-Wil railroad tracks. According to the police, the occupants were only slightly injured. The railroad line is expected to remain closed until Tuesday evening.
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- An accident occurred in Sirnach TG on Sunday evening.
- A car crashed down an embankment onto the railroad tracks.
- The driver and three children in the car were slightly injured.
The 41-year-old driver crossed into the oncoming lane shortly before 7 p.m. for reasons that are still unclear. He broke through a crash barrier and fell around eight meters down the embankment, said a spokeswoman for the Thurgau cantonal police on Monday morning at the request of the Keystone-SDA news agency. She confirmed the corresponding report by blick.ch.
The driver and the children aged 10, 15 and 16 who were also traveling in the car were only slightly injured. "We can speak of luck," said the police spokeswoman. The vehicle was a total loss. The Thurgau cantonal police are investigating the cause of the accident.
A power line and a catenary mast were damaged in the accident. The Wil-Münchwilen Pflegeheim section of the Frauenfeld-Wil Railway is expected to remain closed until the end of operations on Tuesday, as Appenzeller Bahnen wrote on its website. Replacement buses will be running between Frauenfeld and Wil. Trains to and from Wängi will be canceled without replacement. (sda)
