Life -threatening accident: Young people suffer fatal electric shock at Wörth station!

Life -threatening accident: Young people suffer fatal electric shock at Wörth station!

On May 27, 2025, a tragic accident occurred at Wörth station, which cost two 16-year-old boys. At around 11:05 p.m., the federal police informed about the incident on track 19, where the two young people climbed on a parked tank car for reasons that have so far been unexplained. With a dangerous voltage arch, they suffered a life -threatening electric shock and plunged into the track area.

rescue workers, including the Wörth, Germersheim and Landau police inspections, as well as fire brigade and two ambulances, were quickly at the scene of the accident. The seriously injured young people were immediately brought to clinics in Tübingen and Stuttgart. During the rescue and investigation work, track was closed from 11:08 p.m. to 1:02 a.m., while track was not accessible. The federal police warn: rail systems are not playgrounds! Ober lines lead to life -threatening 15,000 volts, and even the proximity to these lines can be fatal.