Reported by: Emon CRWENewswire Correspondent

German authorities said that ten people have died after a passenger train collided with a goods train in eastern Germany.

Authorities said that up to 20 other people were seriously injured in the accident, which occurred at Hordorf, near Oschersleben, in Saxony-Anhalt, on Saturday.

Police said that the passenger train derailed and landed on its side after the head-on collision, but did not catch fire. German reported that more than 150 firemen, police and rescue workers engaged in the rescue effort at the scene and the regional train was the HarzElbeExpress (HEX) traveling between Magdeburg and Halberstadt.

Veolia group which runs the HEX line said that the causes of the accident was not immediately known.

The HEX website said that there is a single line running between Magdeburg and Halberstadt and maintenance work was scheduled for the night, traffic was interrupted on the line and bus shuttles have been set up.

Spokesman of the Veolia said the train had a capacity for about 100 but could not say how many were on board at the time of the accident and said the goods train also belonged to a private company.

Authorities set up an emergency number that could be called by families of the victims.

Media reported that Germany has been hit by several deadly train accidents in the past few years, with crashes in 2006 and 2003 killing 23 and six people respectively.

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