Latest news Pre-trial detention requested for man after death on railroad track in Burgdorf BE
On Thursday evening, a man fell onto the tracks at Burgdorf BE railroad station and was fatally injured. In this connection, the public prosecutor's office is now requesting that a man involved in the incident be remanded in custody.
09.05.2026, 10:46
SDA
The man for whom pre-trial detention has now been requested by the compulsory measures court was part of a group of men who were provisionally arrested after the incident. Another man was released on Friday, as the Emmental-Oberaargau regional public prosecutor's office reported on Saturday.
The extensive investigations to clarify the circumstances and the role of the arrested man are being continued by the Bern cantonal police under the direction of the public prosecutor's office. Witnesses are also still being sought.
In the meantime, the deceased has been identified: According to the public prosecutor's office, he was a 47-year-old Ukrainian from the canton of Bern. The man fell onto the tracks from platform 2/3 on Thursday evening. The incident was reported to the police shortly before 8.30 pm.
Despite immediate emergency braking, the man was hit by an incoming train and seriously injured. The emergency services immediately initiated rescue measures, but the man died on the spot.
