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Dagebüll (dpa / lno) - In an accident at a level crossing in Dagebüll near Flensburg, two people were killed.
They were sitting in a car that, for reasons that have not yet been clarified, drove to the open level crossing in the town on Friday afternoon and was caught by a regional train, as the operations control center of the Flensburg Police Department announced.
The two 75 and 74-year-old occupants of the car died on site.
Despite the emergency braking, the car was dragged around 200 meters before the train stopped, a police spokesman said.
No other people were injured.
The train route was closed until around 8:40 p.m.
More details on the course of the accident will now be determined.
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