Deadly German train crash

A head-on train crash in eastern Germany has killed ten people and injured at least 33 others, eight of them severely and police fear the death toll could rise.

A passenger and a cargo train crashed head-on near Hordorf village, close to Saxony-Anhalt's state capital Magdeburg, and several cars of the train carrying some 45 passengers derailed and overturned, a spokesman for the district's firefighters said.

Rescue operations are still under way and police have no immediate information as to what could have caused the accident late on Saturday evening.

The accident happened about 125 miles southwest of Berlin, Germany's capital.

Saxony-Anhalt's Deputy Interior Minister Ruediger Erben, who rushed to the scene late on Saturday, said the trains must have crashed head-on at a high speed.

The noise of the collision was heard in Oschersleben village, some 4.35 miles from the crash site.