{"id":98441,"date":"2026-06-03T05:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/98441\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T05:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:57:21","slug":"berlin-tram-crash-horror-as-at-least-20-injured-with-cars-derailed-and-ripped-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/98441\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin tram crash horror as at least 20 injured with cars derailed and ripped open"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tram crashed into a power pole and was ripped open in the north-eastern Berlin neighbourhood Neu-Hohensch\u00f6nhausen as more than 50 firefighters descended on the scene\"Cops<\/p>\n

Cops at the scene of the tram crash in Berlin(Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Twenty passengers have been injured after a tram crash in Berlin saw cars derail and a dozen people rushed to hospital with at least 20 injured.<\/p>\n

More than 50 firefighters swarmed the scene in the Neu-Hohensch\u00f6nhausen neighbourhood of north-eastern Berlin following the derailment.<\/p>\n

The tram on the M17 line hit a power pole and was torn open at around 9:30am, according to local media reports. The CEO of the Berlin public transport company (BVG) spoke from the scene of the crash shortly after 11am.<\/p>\n

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The tram suffered extensive damage in the crash(Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Transport boss Henrik Falk told reporters: “We are deeply saddened by the images we have seen here. Our thoughts are with the injured and our passengers.”<\/p>\n

Falk continued: \u201cThe cause of the accident still needs to be clarified. Whether technical or human error or a medical emergency triggered the accident, we cannot say at the moment,\u201d said Falk.<\/p>\n

A fire department spokesperson said an emergency call was received by the fire department’s control center at 9:29 am. \u201cA tram was traveling on Wartenberger Stra\u00dfe near Arnimstra\u00dfe when a section of the train apparently derailed,” they explained. “Fortunately, none of the train parts toppled over.”<\/p>\n

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Police at the scene(Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A section of the train collided with a power pole and was torn open, according to German news website bz-berlin.de <\/a>. The fire department was on scene with 51 personnel. According to a fire department spokesperson, three passengers sustained serious injuries and 17 suffered minor injuries. Twelve people were taken to hospitals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Transport officials sent emergency workers to the scene to shut off power to the tram while replacement busses have been set up after lines M5 and M17 were taken out of action following the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The tram crashed into a power pole and was ripped open in the north-eastern Berlin neighbourhood Neu-Hohensch\u00f6nhausen as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,2574,190,7790,2695],"class_list":["post-98441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-breaking-news","tag-germany","tag-hospitals","tag-public-transport"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116684642622742600","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}